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Title: Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities
ISBN: 1565126831
Author:
Amy Stewart
Publicate Date: 2009-05-21
Publish: 2009-05-21
List Price: $18.95
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Format: Hardcover
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1: A very cool book...
This is a very intersting book; my son, who loves plants/gardens/etc. enjoyed some of the stories.
I would say it's a definite 'buy' for anyone that thinks the title sounds interesting.
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2: Awesome!
This book is amazing! I love plants and I love to garden. This sheds some light on so many plants that I love and some that I didn't even know about. It is well worth the read.
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3: Very entertaining
This book is fun! The author has selected some famous dangerous plants and written a summary of the reputation and some facts for each. There's a little history, a little folklore, a little botany, and a little humor. It would be good for someone with a casual interest in plants or poisonous plants, and I enjoyed it as an overview. If someone is looking for a more detailed discussion of a plant's characteristics and growth habits or toxicological properties, this book should be supplemented with something else.
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4: Not what I expected ...
When I first got this book, I was expecting a straightforward natural/narrative history, but this is in fact a botanical resource organized with encyclopedic-type entries and pithy scientific and cultural facts about the various plant families Stewart writes on. You don't find out about the plant that killed Lincoln's mother until the VERY end, but this was worthwhile reading, particularly to research some of the nefarious activities of the plant kingdom.
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5: Very glad I came across this book
I was searching for a different book in the same general area and saw this one. I started reading it and could immediately tell the quality of it. Everything from the binding, text, and pictures, to the descriptions and short stories are perfect for this book. It was great fun reading about all the harmful, deadly, nasty, and extremely interesting plants that are out there. Finding out that ants bang their heads against Rattan palms in order to make the tree shake to scare away intruders was one of the many things I learned about and wanted to share with others. It's nice to have more information about the botanical world, and what to look out for if I ever come across any of these plants.
This was my first Amy Stewart book and I'm looking forward to reading her others.
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