{"product_id":"my-summer-in-a-garden-paperback","title":"My Summer in a Garden - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Dudley Warner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichael Pollan\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAllan Gurganus\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOft quoted but seldom credited, Charles Dudley Warner's \u003ci\u003eMy Summer in a Garden\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic of American garden writing and was a seminal early work in the then fledgling genre of American nature writing. Warner--prominent in his day as a writer and newspaper editor--was a dedicated amateur gardener who shared with Mark Twain, his close friend and neighbor, a sense of humor that remains deliciously fresh today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn monthly dispatches, Warner chronicles his travails in the garden, where he and his cat, Calvin, seek to ward off a stream of interlopers, from the neighbors' huge-hoofed cows and thieving children, to the reviled, though \"propagatious,\" pusley weed. To read Warner is to join him on his rounds of his beloved vegetable patch, to feel the sun on his sore back, the hoe in his blistered hands, and yet, like him, never to lose sight of \"the philosophical implications of contact with the earth, and companionship with gently growing things.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis Modern Library edition is published with an extensive new Introduction by Allan Gurganus, author of \u003ci\u003eOldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Practical Heart\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOft quoted but seldom credited, Charles Dudley Warner's \"My Summer in a Garden is a classic of American garden writing and was a seminal early work in the then fledgling genre of American nature writing. Warner--prominent in his day as a writer and newspaper editor--was a dedicated amateur gardener who shared with Mark Twain, his close friend and neighbor, a sense of humor that remains deliciously fresh today. \u003cbr\u003eIn monthly dispatches, Warner chronicles his travails in the garden, where he and his cat, Calvin, seek to ward off a stream of interlopers, from the neighbors' huge-hoofed cows and thieving children, to the reviled, though \"propagatious,\" pusley weed. To read Warner is to join him on his rounds of his beloved vegetable patch, to feel the sun on his sore back, the hoe in his blistered hands, and yet, like him, never to lose sight of \"the philosophical implications of contact with the earth, and companionship with gently growing things.\" \u003cbr\u003eThis Modern Library edition is published with an extensive new Introduction by Allan Gurganus, author of \"Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All and \"The Practical Heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Dudley Warner\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Massachusetts in 1829. After practicing law in Chicago, he moved to Connecticut and became an associate editor and publisher of \u003ci\u003eThe Hartford Courant\u003c\/i\u003e. In addition to writing travel essays for the \u003ci\u003eCourant\u003c\/i\u003e and for \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, as well as several novels, he collaborated with Mark Twain on \u003ci\u003eThe Gilded Age\u003c\/i\u003e. He died in 1900. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Pollan\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Botany of Desire\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSecond Nature\u003c\/i\u003e, named one of the best gardening books of the twentieth century by the American Horticultural Society. He is a contributing editor to \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and a contributing writer at \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. Pollan chose the books for the Modern Library Gardening series because, as he writes, \"these writers are some of the great talkers in the rich, provocative, and frequently uproarious conversation that, metaphorically at least, has been taking place over the back fence of our gardens at least since the time of Pliny.\"\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 8.56 x 5.49 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 19, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47957845344504,"sku":"9780375759468","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/ME13cWtxanFuTXVOQVh6UEpXZ1BEdz09.webp?v=1770328249","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/my-summer-in-a-garden-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}