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The Brother Gardeners by Andrea Wulf
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Jan 17, 13

3 of 5 stars
Read from March 20, 2011 to January 17, 2013

A good deal narrower in focus than other 'plant hunter' books I've read. The hunting is reported thru letters so misses the real excitement and adventure of the hunt and instead dwells on placid home-country doings rather than the thrill of the chase. It's really an exhaustive studies of personalities so interesting but not riveting. For riveting try Frank Kindgon Ward or David Douglas or John Bartram.

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03/20/2011 page 45
13.0%
12/05/2012 page 130
37.0% "Took some time off from a series of books on how the British invented the garden as we might know it and am glad to be getting back."

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