Second Nature: A Gardener’s Education
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- ISBN13: 9780802140111
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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In his articles and in best-selling books such as The Botany of Desire, Michael Pollan has customary himself as one of our most vital and beloved writers on modern man’s place in the natural world. A new literary classic, Second Scenery has become a manifesto not just for gardeners but for environmentalists everywhere. Chosen by the American Horticultural Society as one of the seventy-five greatest books ever written about farming, Second Scenery captures the rhythms of our everyday engagement with the outdoors in all its glory and exasperation. With chapters ranging from a reconsideration of the Fantastic American Lawn, a send off from one man’s war with a woodchuck, to an essay about the sexual politics of roses, Pollan has made a passionate and eloquent argument for reconceiving our relationship with scenery.
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Even though the garden philosophy gets a small tiresome, the additional 90% of the book is educational and extremely appealing.
Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5
That’s not entirely honest, but…this is a book of essays, not a natural history or farming book. It is about Pollan’s perceptions of scenery and landscape, through the gateway of his garden. He does only enough research to flesh out his musings with past fact and literary reference – and he is very selective. He leans heavily on Thoreau, and neglects wider erudition. His essays bog down in pedantic and pretentious language (he abuses at least one 5-syllable word per essay). The writing is much like Bill Bryson’s, about whom, I’m also kinda lukewarm. I didn’t like it, although there are excellent bits – the tale of his first rose plantings was appealing, and inspired me to drop a few snobby ancient roses in the sod.
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5
This book verbalized the fascination with farming as a form of human interaction with (and manipulation of) scenery. Appealing thoughts and entertaining tales!
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
I establish this book on the “giveaway” shelf of my apartment building and it turned out to be the best thing I’d read in about a year.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
One of my favorite all-time books. Brilliant thinking, wise perspective, superb writing
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5