American Eden : David Hosack, botany, and medicine in the garden of the early republic
2018
925.8 H825jo 2018
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Title
American Eden : David Hosack, botany, and medicine in the garden of the early republic
Edition
1st ed.
Published
New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2018.
Description
x, 461 p., [8] colored p. of plates : ill., map, ports. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
925.8 H825jo 2018
System Control No.
(OCoLC)1005117933
Note
One goal drove Hosack above all others: to build the Republic's first botanical garden. Despite innumerable obstacles and near-constant resistance, Hosack triumphed when his Elgin Botanic Garden at last crowned twenty acres of Manhattan farmland by 1810. "Where others saw real estate and power, Hosack saw the landscape as a pharmacopoeia able to bring medicine into the modern age ..."--provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-436) and index.
L2019M141
Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-436) and index.
L2019M141
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