In the Land of the Blue Poppies: The Collected Plant-Hunting Writings of Frank Kingdon Ward (Modern Library Gardening) |  | Author: Frank Kingdon Ward
Creators: Tom Christopher, Jamaica Kincaid
Publisher: Modern Library
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Pages: 288
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Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.3 x 0.6
ISBN: 0812967399
Dewey Decimal Number: 580.75
EAN: 9780812967395
ASIN: 0812967399
Publication Date: April 15, 2003
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A Modern Library Paperback Original
During the first years of the twentieth century, the British plant collector and explorer Frank Kingdon Ward went on twenty-four impossibly daring expeditions throughout Tibet, China, and Southeast Asia, in search of rare and elusive species of plants. He was responsible for the discovery of numerous varieties previously unknown in Europe and America, including the legendary Tibetan blue poppy, and the introduction of their seeds into the world’s gardens. Kingdon Ward’s accounts capture all the romance of his wildly adventurous expeditions, whether he was swinging across a bottomless gorge on a cable of twisted bamboo strands or clambering across a rocky scree in fear of an impending avalanche. Drawn from writings out of print for almost seventy-five years, this new collection, edited and introduced by professional horticulturalist and House & Garden columnist Tom Christopher, returns Kingdon Ward to his deserved place in the literature of discovery and the literature of the garden.
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Real travel adventure June 25, 2008
Marguerite Oriorden (Sarasota FL USA)
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We tend to take for granted the intrepid and brave explorers that brought us knowledge of far-off places and new plants and peoples. Reading Frank Kingdon Ward is like being part of his party as he nonchalantly climbs unknown, rugged mountains for the love of discovery. His endurance and bravery during a time when disease and primitive camping were common, is an inspiration to those of us coddled in today's comforts. I pick up his books whenever I begin to feel that modern life is "difficult"!
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