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HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
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Johnson, Victoria, 1969- author.
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Hosack, David, 1769-1835.
Medical botanists -- United States -- Biography.
Botany, Medical -- United States.
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American Eden : Davi...
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American Eden : David Hosack, botany, and medicine in the garden of the early republic / Victoria Johnson.
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Johnson, Victoria, 1969- author.
New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2018]
Subjects
Hosack, David, 1769-1835.
Medical botanists -- United States -- Biography.
Botany, Medical -- United States.
ISBN:
9781631494192 (hardcover) :
1631494198 (hardcover)
Description:
x, 461 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Contents:
"Tear in pieces the doctors" -- "An endless source of innocent delight" -- "Ripping open my belly" -- "He is as good as the theatre" -- "The grass is three feet high in the streets" -- "Doctor, I despair" -- "There are no informed people here" -- "H--k is enough, and even that unnecessary" -- "This delicious banquet" -- "I long to see Captain Lewis" -- "Strange noises, low spirits" -- "Such a piece of downright imposture" -- "You know, better than any man" -- "Instead of creeping along the earth" -- "Your fortunate city" -- "Expulsion from the Garden of Eden" -- "Like a romance."
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"Whether collecting specimens along the banks of the Hudson River, lecturing before a class of rapt medical students, or breaking the fever of a young Philip Hamilton, David Hosack was an American visionary who has been too long forgotten. Alongside other towering figures of the post-Revolutionary generation, he took the reins of a nation. In unearthing the dramatic story of his life, [the author] offers a lush depiction of the man who gave a new voice to the powers and perils of nature"--Amazon.com.
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Hawaii State Library
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580.973 Hosack Jo
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580.973 HOSACK Jo
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