Steward of the Land: Selected Writings of Nineteenth-Century Horticulturist Thom

Description: Steward of the Land by Thomas Affleck, Lake Douglas Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description In the first collection of published writings of Thomas Affleck, Lake Douglas re-establishes the reputation of a tireless agricultural reformer, entrepreneur, and horticulturist. Afflecks wide range of interests should afford him a celebrated status in several disciplines; yet until now his immense contributions remained largely unheralded. Publisher Description In the first collection of published writings of Thomas Affleck (1812-1868), Lake Douglas re-establishes the reputation of a tireless agricultural reformer, entrepreneur, and horticulturist. Afflecks wide range of interests - animal husbandry, agriculture, scientific farming, ornamental horticulture, insects, and hydrology, among others - should afford him a celebrated status in several disciplines; yet until now his immense contributions remained largely unheralded. Steward of the Land remedies this oversight with a broad, annotated selection of Afflecks works, rightfully placing him alongside his better-known contemporaries Andrew Jackson Downing and Frederick Law Olmsted.After immigrating to the United States from Scotland in 1832, Affleck witnessed the burgeoning American expansion and its major advances in agriculture and technology. He worked as a journalist for the influential Western Farmer and Gardener, covering Ohio, Kentucky, and the Mississippi River Valley. Affleck moved to Mississippi in 1842 to manage his new wifes failing plantation; there, he created one of the first commercial nurseries of the South while writing prolifically on numerous agrarian topics for regional periodicals and newspapers. From 1845 to 1865 he edited Afflecks Southern Rural Almanac and Plantation and Garden Calendar, published in New Orleans. Following a postwar move to Brenham, Texas, he published letters and essays about rebuilding that states livestock herds and rejuvenating its agricultural labor forces.Steward of the Land includes excerpts from dozens of Afflecks articles on subjects ranging from bee keeping to gardening to orchard tending. This valuable single-volume resource reveals Afflecks astonishing breadth of horticultural knowledge and entrepreneurial sagacity, and his role in educating mid-nineteenth-century readers about agricultural products and practices, plant usage, and environmental stewardship. Never before collected or contextualised, Afflecks writings provide a firsthand account of the advancement of agricultural techniques and practices that created a new environmental awareness in America. Author Biography Lake Douglas is Associate Dean of Research & Development at Louisiana State Universitys College of Art and Design and associate professor in the Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture. He is the author of Public Spaces, Private Gardens: A History of Designed Landscapes in New Orleans. Details ISBN 0807158100 ISBN-13 9780807158104 Title Steward of the Land Author Thomas Affleck, Lake Douglas Format Hardcover Year 2014 Pages 296 Publisher Louisiana State University Press GE_Item_ID:92935842; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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