In the Land of the Blue Poppies: In the Land of the Blue Poppies: The Collected Plant-Hunting Writings of Frank Kingdon Ward

In the early 1900s, Kingdon-Ward, an Indiana Jones figure in the plant world, went on 22 expeditions...
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In the Land of the Blue Poppies: In the Land of the Blue Poppies: The Collected Plant-Hunting Writings of Frank Kingdon Ward by Kingdon Ward, Frank

In the Land of the Blue Poppies: In the Land of the Blue Poppies: The Collected Plant-Hunting Writings of Frank Kingdon Ward

$45.90

In the Land of the Blue Poppies: In the Land of the Blue Poppies: The Collected Plant-Hunting Writings of Frank Kingdon Ward

$45.90
Author: Frank Kingdon Ward
Format: Paperback
Language: English
In the early 1900s, Kingdon-Ward, an Indiana Jones figure in the plant world, went on 22 expeditions throughout Tibet, China, and Southeast Asia, in search of rare and elusive species of plants. This original anthology collects the most gripping and notable accounts of his plant adventures.

Author: Frank Kingdon Ward
Publisher: Random House Group
Published: 04/15/2003
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 8.54h x 5.48w x 0.72d
ISBN: 9780812967395


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/15/2003
Library Journal 03/15/2003

About the Author
Frank Kingdon Ward was born in Manchester, England, in 1885. He was a professional plant collector and explorer for more than forty years and the author of more than twenty-five books, including The Riddle of the Tsangpo Gorges, recounting his journey into the world's steepest river gorge. He died in 1958.

Michael Pollan is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Botany of Desire (available from Random House Trade Paperbacks) and Second Nature, named one of the best gardening books of the twentieth century by the American Horticultural Society. He is a contributing editor to Harper's magazine and a contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine.

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