| Conquer the Soil: Black America and the Untold Stories of Our Country's Gardeners, Farmers, and Growers Contributor(s): Lee, Abra (Author) |
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ISBN: 1643260626 ISBN-13: 9781643260624 Publisher: Timber Press (OR) OUR PRICE: $27.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 2027 This item may be ordered no more than 25 days prior to its street date of February 2, 2027 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - African American & Black - Gardening | Essays & Narratives - History | United States - General |
| Physical Information: 264 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Conquer the Soil profiles 45 hidden figures of horticulture--the Black men and women whose accomplished careers in the plant world are little known or untold. Among them are Wormley Hughes, an enslaved African-American who was head gardener at Monticello and dug Jefferson's grave; Annie Vann Reid, an ex-teacher turned entrepreneur in South Carolina who owned a five-acre greenhouse and nursery in the 1940s that sold millions of plants and seeds; and David August Williston, a graduate of Cornell University and the first African-American landscape architect, a student of Liberty Hyde Bailey, and the designer of the Tuskegee University campus. The lively text is enriched by illustrations of each individual, making this a beaituful package. In Conquer the Soil, Abra Lee--a rising star in the plant world--gives these women and men the spotlight they deserve and enriches our collective understanding of the history of horticulture. |