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Mabel Osgood Wright (1859–1934)

Autor(a) de Birdcraft: A Field Book of Two Hundred Song, Game, and Water Birds

21+ Works 105 Membros 3 Críticas

About the Author

Obras por Mabel Osgood Wright

Associated Works

Sisters of the Earth: Women's Prose and Poetry About Nature (1991) — Contribuidor — 398 exemplares
Conservation in the Progressive Era: Classic Texts (2004) — Contribuidor — 14 exemplares

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1859-01-26
Data de falecimento
1934-07-16
Localização do túmulo
Oaklawn Cemetery, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
United States of America
Local de nascimento
New York City, New York, USA
Local de falecimento
Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Locais de residência
Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

Membros

Críticas

A delightful book, part fiction, part autobiography, dated (first published in 1901) and at times patronizing and totally politically incorrect, but I loved it nonetheless. The author, named Barbara in the book, has returned to her childhood home after two years in England with her British husband. They move in with Barbara's country doctor father and she is determined to restore the neglected garden to a former glory. What follows is a lovely tale of gardening infatuation, scattered with tales of neighbours, servants and family. A treasure of a book that reminds me of Gene Stratton Porter's novels in respect to the love and knowledge of nature.… (mais)
 
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katylit | 1 outra crítica | Jan 9, 2014 |
 
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kitchengardenbooks | May 29, 2008 |
Later ed. Beautiful binding. 1st edition 1901. Also wrote The garden, you and I
 
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kitchengardenbooks | 1 outra crítica | Mar 6, 2008 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
21
Also by
2
Membros
105
Popularidade
#183,191
Avaliação
3.8
Críticas
3
ISBN
37

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