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Loading... The plant hunters true stories of their daring adventures to the far corners of the Earth (edition 2012)by Anita Silvey
Work InformationThe Plant Hunters: True Stories of Their Daring Adventures to the Far Corners of the Earth by Anita Silvey
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Great book filled with death, murder, disease, jungles, and all manner of adventure. Most of the true stories are about the adventures of 18th and 19th Century plant hunters, although the last chapter gives a brief overview of some contemporary plant geeks. Silvey's book contains a timeline, notes for each chapter, bibliography, and index. This book, which I feel could be best categorized as a nonfiction-novel if such a thing existed, describes the stories of many historical botanists and their searches for new plant life. Everything written is a fact, and there is no dialogue, but the stories are arranged in such a way that this book almost reads as a novel anyway. Surprisingly, the adventures of these determined botanists are engaging and suspenseful. Some found themselves stranded with no water, while others discovered dangerous attacking plants that "drew blood from every member of the hunting party." This book could prove very useful for an "Unsung Heroes" unit project. no reviews | add a review
Presents the experiences and contributions of early adventurers, explorers, and scientists responsible for discovering and documenting new types of plants, showing how their often dangerous voyages help establish the field of botany. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)580.75Natural sciences and mathematics Plants Botany Education, research, related topicsLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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The writing style is much like the average high school essay, definitely not that of an experienced professional writer. The organization of the text was chaotic and often repetitive. This book needs good editorto go over it with a fine tooth comb. ( )