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Second Nature: A Gardener's Education
by Michael Pollan

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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

In his articles and in best-selling books such as The Botany of Desire and The Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan has established himself as one of our most important and beloved writers on modern man's place in the natural world. A new literary classic, Second Nature has become a manifesto not just for gardeners but for environmentalists everywhere.

Chosen by the American Horticultural Society as one of the seventy-five greatest books ever written about gardening, Second Nature captures the rhythms of our everyday engagement with the outdoors in all its glory and exasperation. With chapters ranging from a reconsideration of the Great American Lawn, a dispatch from one man's war with a woodchuck, to an essay about the sexual politics of roses, Pollan has created a passionate and eloquent argument for reconceiving our relationship with nature.

Review:

"As delicious a meditation on one man's relationship with the Earth as any you are likely to come upon." The New York Times Book Review

Review:

"Superb.... One of the distinguished gardening books of our time." USA Today

Review:

"A joy to read... [Pollan] writes with humor, acerbity, magnanimity... and all those good qualities that lead to charm and — one almost dares say it — wisdom." Los Angeles Times

Review:

"Usually when Americans have wanted to explore their relationship to nature they've gone to the wilderness, or the woods. Michael Pollan went to the garden instead... and he's returned with a quirky and pleasing book.... The debut of a fresh and provocative voice in American writing." Annie Dillard, author of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

Review:

"This isn't so much a how-to on gardening as a how-to on thinking about gardening.... Although serious in import, the writing is never ponderous; Pollard's wit flashes throughout." Publishers Weekly

Synopsis:

"As delicious a meditation on one man's relationships with the Earth as any you are likely to come upon" ("The New York Times Book Review"), "Second Nature" captures the rhythms of everyday engagement with the outdoors in all its glory and exasperation.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780802140111
Subtitle:
A Gardener's Education
Author:
Pollan, Michael
Publisher:
Grove/Atlantic
Location:
New York, NY
Subject:
Flowers - General
Subject:
Essays
Subject:
Gardening
Subject:
GARDENING / Essays
Edition Number:
1st Grove Press ed.
Edition Description:
Includes bibliographical references.
Series Volume:
264
Publication Date:
August 2003
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
320
Dimensions:
8.24x5.58x.70 in. .73 lbs.