The American Gardener

by William Cobbett

Book Overview

Back in print after 150 years Out of print since 1856, The American Gardener is perhaps the first classic work of American gardening literature. In it, William Cobbett, Victorian England's greatest and most gifted journalist, draws upon his experiences during a two-year exile on a Long Island, New York, farm to lay out the rudiments of gardening for American farmers and, ultimately, to tailor principles developed in wet, drippy, weed-prone British...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812967372
• ISBN13: 9780812967371
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.0"