| Title |
The food explorer : the true adventures of the globe-trotting botanist who transformed what America eats / Daniel Stone. |
| Author |
Stone, Daniel (Daniel Evan), 1985- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2017089953 author.
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| Description |
xvi, 397 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm |
| Publication |
New York, New York : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2018] |
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©2018 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-385) and index. |
| Contents |
Chance encounters -- One thousand dollars -- East of Suez -- Guest and protégé -- The listless Pacific -- One cause, one country -- Crossing countries -- Alligator pears -- Grapes of a Venetian monk -- Citrus maxima -- Lemons, leaves, and the dawn of new light -- On the banks of the Tigris -- Bell's grand plan -- A brain awhirl -- Cherry trees with no cherries -- The urge to walk -- Outlaws, brigands, and murderers -- Fly the coop -- Sad and mad and so utterly unnecessary -- Wij zijn Amerikanen -- Epilogue. |
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| Summary |
The true adventures of David Fairchild, a late-nineteenth-century food explorer who traveled the globe and introduced diverse crops like avocados, mangoes, seedless grapes--and thousands more--to the American plate. |
| Subject |
Fairchild, David, 1869-1954. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85335475
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Botanists -- United States -- Biography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009117436
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Food habits -- United States -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008120942
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Food crops http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85050273 -- United States http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78095330 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
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Biographies.
http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1919896
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Biographies.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026049
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