| Description |
xvi, 397 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, some color, map ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
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. |
| Summary |
The true adventures of David Fairchild, a late-nineteenth-century food explorer who travelled the globe and introduced diverse crops like avocados, mangoes, seedless grapes - and thousands more - to the American plate. |
| Subject |
Fairchild, David, 1869-1954.
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Botanists -- United States -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9781101990582 (hardcover) |
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1101990589 (hardcover) |
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