Unearthing The Secret Garden : : the Plants and Places That Inspired Frances Hodgson Burnett
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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.
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.
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PUBLISHED
Portland, Oregon : Timber Press, [2021]
Year Published: 2021
Description: 320 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 21 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781604699906
1604699906
SUBJECTS
Burnett, Frances Hodgson, -- 1849-1924.
Burnett, Frances Hodgson, -- 1849-1924.
Burnett, Frances Hodgson, -- 1849-1924 -- Botany.
Burnett, Frances Hodgson, -- 1849-1924 -- Homes and haunts.
Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography.
Authors, American -- 19th century -- Homes and haunts.
Gardening in literature.
Plants in literature.
Gardening.
Plants.
Biographies.