Unearthing The secret garden : the plants and places that inspired Frances Hodgson Burnett / Marta McDowell.
McDowell delves into the professional and gardening life of Frances Hodgson Burnett, the writer who dominated the literary world of her time. A lover of flowers and gardens, Burnett's path to literary triumph was a long one. McDowell reminds us why Burnett's 1911 novel, The secret garden, continues to touch readers after more than a century.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781604699906
- ISBN: 1604699906
- Physical Description: 320 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
- Publisher: Portland, Oregon : Timber Press, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Preface -- Before The secret garden. The locked door: England & America (1849-1897) ; Finding the key: Maytham Hall, Kent (1898-1908) -- Inside The secret garden. A gardener's guide to The secret garden: Misselthwaite Manor, Yorkshire -- After The secret garden. Nest building: Plandome Park, New York (1909-1920 ; A new bit of earth: Clifton Heights, Bermuda (1912-1920) ; When the sun went down: Clifton Heights & Plandome Park (1921-1924) -- Outside The secret garden. Further garden writings of Frances Hodgson Burnett ; Frances's plants: an annotated list -- Afterword: Sowing seeds / by Keri Wilt. |
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Genre: | Biographies. |
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Dillsburg Area Public Library | Adults 813.4 MCD Nonfiction (Text) | 34001001406451 | Adult Area | Available | - |
Tamaqua Public Library | 635 MC (Text)
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In Memory of Sally Mateyak; Donated by Shafer's Pharmacy
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Allentown Public Library | 813.4 MCDO (Text) | 34455007003052 | Adult Nonfiction 1st FL | Available | - |
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