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All the presidents' gardens : Madison's cabbages to Kennedy's roses -- how the White House grounds have grown with America
Prologue: the pursuit of happiness -- Versailles on the Potomac: the 1790s -- Founders' grounds: 1800-1809 -- Gentlemen's occupation: 1810s-1830s -- Embellishments: 1840s-1880s -- Gilded gardens: 1880s-1900s -- Home front: 1910s-1940s -- America the beautiful: 1940s-1990s -- Is green the new red, white, and blue?, 1990s and beyond -- Epilogue -- First gardeners: the men who planted for presidents -- All the presidents' plants: two centuries of shrubs, trees, and vines
All the presidents' gardens : Madison's cabbages to Kennedy's roses -- how the White House grounds have grown with America
Prologue: the pursuit of happiness -- Versailles on the Potomac: the 1790s -- Founders' grounds: 1800-1809 -- Gentlemen's occupation: 1810s-1830s -- Embellishments: 1840s-1880s -- Gilded gardens: 1880s-1900s -- Home front: 1910s-1940s -- America the beautiful: 1940s-1990s -- Is green the new red, white, and blue?, 1990s and beyond -- Epilogue -- First gardeners: the men who planted for presidents -- All the presidents' plants: two centuries of shrubs, trees, and vines
All the presidents' gardens : Madison's cabbages to Kennedy's roses -- how the White House grounds have grown with America
McDowell, Marta (author)
2016
335 Seiten
24 cm
Illustrationen, Karten
Erworben aus Studienqualitätsmitteln
Includes bibliographical references and index
Book
English
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