Mabel Osgood Wright (1859–1934)
Autore di Birdcraft: A Field Book of Two Hundred Song, Game, and Water Birds
Sull'Autore
Opere di Mabel Osgood Wright
The Friendship of Nature: A New England Chronicle of Birds and Flowers (American Land Classics) (1999) 10 copie
People of the whirlpool : from the experience book of a commuter's wife ; with eight full-page illustrations (1903) 5 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1859-01-26
- Data di morte
- 1934-07-16
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Oaklawn Cemetery, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- United States of America
- Luogo di nascita
- New York City, New York, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
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The Garden of a Commuter's Wife / Recorded by the… di Mabel Osgood (1859-1934) Wright
A delightful book, part fiction, part autobiography, dated (first published in 1901) and at times patronizing and totally politically incorrect, but I loved it nonetheless. The author, named Barbara in the book, has returned to her childhood home after two years in England with her British husband. They move in with Barbara's country doctor father and she is determined to restore the neglected garden to a former glory. What follows is a lovely tale of gardening infatuation, scattered with tales of neighbours, servants and family. A treasure of a book that reminds me of Gene Stratton Porter's novels in respect to the love and knowledge of nature.… (altro)
Later ed. Beautiful binding. 1st edition 1901. Also wrote The garden, you and I
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- Opere
- 21
- Opere correlate
- 2
- Utenti
- 106
- Popolarità
- #181,887
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 3
- ISBN
- 37