3.5
Second Nature
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After Michael Pollan bought an old Connecticut dairy farm, he planted a garden and attempted to follow Thoreau's example: do not impose your will upon the wilderness, the woodchucks, or the weeds. That ethic did not, of course, work. But neither did pesticides or firebombing the woodchuck burrow. So Michael Pollan began to think about the troubled borders between nature and contemporary life.
The result is a funny, profound, and beautifully written book in the finest tradition of American nature writing. It inspires thoughts on the war of the roses; sex and class conflict in the garden; virtuous composting; the American lawn; seed catalogs, and the politics of planting a tree. A blend of meditation, autobiography, and social history,
, from the renowned author of
,
, and other bestsellers, is "as delicious a meditation on one man's relationship with the Earth as any you are likely to come upon" (
).
"Usually when Americans have wanted to explore their relationship to nature they've gone to the wilderness, or the woods. Michael Pollan went to the garden instead . . . and he's returned with a quirky and pleasing book." —Annie Dillard
"A joy to read." —
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“I will listen to anything Michael Pollan has to say”
“A fascinating reflection on our cultural, historical, and ecological relationships with land, all through the perspective of the garden.”
“A eye opening read on gardening, Pollan’s Second Nature challenged my idea of what a garden is; he asks whether a yard is a place, an action, or a way of life. It has deepened my connection to nature in a way I didn’t even think was possible, with chapters about Roses and their political history, or the connections between community and gardening in others. I believe any person interested in gardening or just in general should read this book!”
About Michael Pollan
Michael Pollan is the author of
and the prize-winning A
. In 1991, he received the QPB New Visions prize for
, which was also chosen by the American Horticultural Society as one of the seventy-five greatest books ever written about gardening. He is currently the editor of Modern Library's gardening series and a contributing writer for the
.
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