American Eden David Hosack, botany, and medicine in the garden of the early republic
"One goal drove Hosack above all others: to build the Republic's first botanical garden. Despite innumerable obstacles and near-constant resistance, Hosack triumphed when his Elgin Botanic Garden at last crowned twenty acres of Manhattan farmland by 1810. "Where others saw real estate...
| Main Author: | Johnson, Victoria, 1969- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Liveright Publishing Corporation,
[2018]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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