Steward of the Land: Selected Writings of Nineteenth-Century Horticulturis t Thomas Affleck. by AFFLECK, Thomas - 2014

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Louisiana State Univ Pr, 2014. Hardcover. New. 296 pages. 9.00x6.25x1.00 inches.

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Hardback. New. In the first collection of published writings of Thomas Affleck (1812-1868), Lake Douglas re-establishes the reputation of a tireless agricultural reformer, entrepreneur, and horticulturist. Affleck's wide range of interests - animal husbandry, agriculture, scientific farming, ornamental horticulture, insects, and hydrology, among others - should afford him a celebrated status in several disciplines; yet until now his immense contributions remained largely unheralded. Steward of the Land remedies this oversight with a broad, annotated selection of Affleck's works, rightfully placing him alongside his better-known contemporaries Andrew Jackson Downing and Frederick Law Olmsted. After immigrating to the United States from Scotland in 1832, Affleck witnessed the burgeoning American expansion and its major advances in agriculture and technology. He worked as a journalist for the influential Western Farmer and Gardener, covering Ohio, Kentucky, and the Mississippi River Valley.… Read More

LSU Press. Hardcover. New. 9x6x1.