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Item specifics
- Condition
- Publication Name
- Timber Press, Incorporated
- Special Attributes
- dustjacket
- ISBN
- 9780881924527
- Book Title
- Wild Orchids Across North America : a Botanical Travelogue
- Publisher
- Timber Press, Incorporated
- Item Length
- 6 in
- Publication Year
- 1998
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Genre
- Travel, Gardening
- Topic
- Canada / General, Flowers / Orchids, United States / General
- Item Weight
- 29.5 Oz
- Item Width
- 9 in
- Number of Pages
- 321 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Timber Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0881924520
ISBN-13
9780881924527
eBay Product ID (ePID)
657813
Product Key Features
Book Title
Wild Orchids Across North America : a Botanical Travelogue
Number of Pages
321 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1998
Topic
Canada / General, Flowers / Orchids, United States / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Travel, Gardening
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
29.5 Oz
Item Length
6 in
Item Width
9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
97-043424
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
Philip Keenan brings a naturalist's eye to his passion and makes a convincing case for the excitement of the chase for orchids and the need for their conservation., Pick up this book and take a tour of North American orchids while sipping hot tea and curled up with a warm blanket. You'll be transported to various wilderness scenes as I was. The book will cause you to start looking for orchids wherever your path may take you., Wild Orchids Across North America is that great rarity, a book that is absolutely sui generis.We are treated to Mr Keenan's marvelous descriptions of countryside from California and Arizona to his native New England and to his passionate account of wild orchids., In the tradition of John Muir, Keenan shares with readers the pleasure of anticipation and the thrill of discovery., [Keenen] has driven over 100,000 miles ---and walked several hundred more---in pursuit of orchids in their native habitats. Nearly all 145 species native to North America are included in his discussions and photographs., This is a joyous book...Even if your interest in orchids is not profound, it will be deeper and your appreciation of our great land heightened, after reading and enjoying this book., The author's knowledge of his subject is indisputably first class, as are his authoring skills but what makes this book stand head and shoulders above the rest are the photographs.One of the best books to come my way in many a long year., Keenan makes...finding and photographing orchids, sound fun and satisfying in spite of problems with bad roads, heat, humidity, rain, fog, black flies, ticks, and tourists stopping to find out what he's looking at., A beautifully done verbal and visual travelogue on nearly all of the 145 spp./ 35 gen. In 'North America excluding Florida and Mexico' with superb photos and excellent techn. Back matter., A down to earth and personal account of Mr. Keenan's passionate and enthusiastic journey throughout North America in search of these plants., An engaging botanical travelog.The descriptions are greatly enhanced by the author's beautifully printed color photographs.A compelling, lively, and engrossing account of a naturalist's passion for a group of hauntingly beautiful and ecologically threatened species... Highly recommended.
Dewey Decimal
584/.4/0973022
Synopsis
The author has driven more than 100,000 miles and walked several hundred more in pursuit of orchids in their native habits. This is an account of his trips in Canada and throughout the U.S.
LC Classification Number
QK495.O64K397 1998
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