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The Food Explorer: The True Adventures of the Globe-Trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats
By Stone, Daniel
- ISBN
- 9781101990582 9781101990605
- Publisher
- Dutton
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Starred Review on January 1, 2018 | Science and Technology
Stone (editor, National Geographic) takes readers on a whirlwind tour of the life and agricultural successes of David Fairchild (1869–1954), a botanist whose collecting expeditions introduced avocados, Egyptian cotton, and dozens of other new foods to American farms in the first decades of the 20th century. Stone follows Fairchild's initial forays into plant collecting with a wealthy patron aboard luxury vessels as well as his career...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
