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Fruits of Eden
Amanda Harris
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Description for Fruits of Eden
Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; PST; TVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 640.
At the turn of the noneteenth century - when mmost food in America was blan and brown and few people appreciated the economic potential of then-exotic foods - David Fairchild convinced the U.S. Department of Agriculture to finance overseas explorations to find and bring back foreign cultivars. Fairchild traveled to remote corners of the globe, searching for fruits, vegetables, and grains that could find a new home in American fields and in the American diet.
In Fruits of Eden, Amanda Harris vividly recounts the exploits of Fairchild and his small band of adventurers and botanists as they traversed ... Read more
At the turn of the noneteenth century - when mmost food in America was blan and brown and few people appreciated the economic potential of then-exotic foods - David Fairchild convinced the U.S. Department of Agriculture to finance overseas explorations to find and bring back foreign cultivars. Fairchild traveled to remote corners of the globe, searching for fruits, vegetables, and grains that could find a new home in American fields and in the American diet.
In Fruits of Eden, Amanda Harris vividly recounts the exploits of Fairchild and his small band of adventurers and botanists as they traversed ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Florida, United States
ISBN
9780813060613
SKU
V9780813060613
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About Amanda Harris
Amanda Harris is a former editor and reporter for Newsday, the daily newspaper of Long Island. She has written for the Boston Record-American/Herald Traveler and <[MORE], the journalism review.
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