The food explorer : the true adventures of the globe-trotting botanist who transformed what America eats / Daniel Stone.
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TextPublisher: New York : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2018]Description: xvi, 397 pages, 8 pages unnumbered plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), map, photographs ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781101990582
- 1101990589
- 580.92Â BÂ 23
| Item type | Current library | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | Fort Scott Public Library Adult Non-Fiction | Fort Scott Public Library | Adult Books | 580.92 Ston (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 35326000427334 | ||
| Book | Howard City Library Adult Non-Fiction | Howard City Library | Adult Books | 580.92 Stone (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34314000088018 | ||
| Book | Independence Public Library Adult Non-Fiction | Independence Public Library | Adult Books | BIOG FAIRCHILD (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 36123001610417 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-337) and index.
Chance encounters -- One thousand dollars -- East of Suez -- Guest and protégé -- The listless Pacific -- One cause, one country -- Crossing countries -- Alligator pears -- Grapes of a Venetian monk -- Citrus maxima -- Lemons, leaves, and the dawn of new light -- On the banks of the Tigris -- Bell's grand plan -- A brain awhirl -- Cherry trees with no cherries -- The urge to walk -- Outlaws, brigands, and murderers -- Fly the coop -- Sad and mad and so utterly unnecessary -- Wij zijn Amerikanen -- Epilogue.
The true adventures of David Fairchild, a late-nineteenth-century food explorer who travelled the globe and introduced diverse crops like avocados, mangoes, seedless grapes - and thousands more - to the American plate.
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