The Founding Gardeners

How the Revolutionary Generation Created an American Eden

• Author(s): Andrea Wulf,
• Publisher: Windmill Books
• Pages: 372
• ISBN_10: 0099525623
  ISBN_13: 9780099525622
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Architecture / Landscape , Biography & Autobiography / Political , Gardening / General , Gardening / Regional / General , History / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) , History / Social History , Political Science / Political Process / Political Advocacy , Self-Help / General , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / General ,

Description:... This is the story of how George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and James Madison's passion for nature, plants, agriculture and gardens shaped the birth of America. It shows that it is impossible to understand these visionary men and the American nation without considering their love of gardening.