Second Nature

Pollan, Michael

ISBN 10: 0440504406 / ISBN 13: 9780440504405

Verlag: Laurel (edition ), 1992

The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 0440504406-7-1

Inhaltsangabe:

Eight years ago, Harper's Magazine editor Michael Pollan bought an old Connecticut dairy farm. He planted a garden and attempted to follow Thoreau's example: do not impose your will upon the wilderness, the woodchucks, or the weeds. That ethic did not, of course, work. But neither did pesticides or firebombing the woodchuck burrow. So Michael Pollan began to think about the troubled borders between nature and contemporary life.

The result is a funny, profound, and beautifully written book in the finest tradition of American nature writing. It inspires thoughts on the war of the roses; sex and class conflict in the garden; virtuous composting; the American lawn; seed catalogs, and the politics of planting a tree. A blend of meditation, autobiography, and social history, Second Nature is ultimately a modern Walden: a true classic for our time.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Michael Pollan is Executive Editor of Harper's Magazine.  His writing on the garden and nature has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Harper's and Best American Essays.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Second Nature
Verlag: Laurel (edition )
Erscheinungsdatum: 1992
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Fair