The planter of modern life : Louis Bromfield and the seeds of a food revolution / Stephen Heyman.

"How a literary idol of the Lost Generation launched America's organic and sustainable food movement. In interwar France, Louis Bromfield was equally famous as a writer and as a gardener. He pruned dahlias with Edith Wharton, weeded Gertrude Stein's vegetable patch, and fed the starving artists who...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Heyman, Stephen (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2020]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Bromfield, Louis, > 1896-1956 > Homes and haunts > Ohio.
Bromfield, Louis, > 1896-1956.
Bromfield, Louis, > 1896-1956 > Résidences et lieux familiers > États-Unis > Ohio, États-Unis.
Authors, American > 20th century > Biography.
Authors, American > Homes and haunts > Ohio.
Agriculture > Ohio > History > 20th century.
Farm life > Ohio > History > 20th century.
Ohio > Intellectual life > 20th century.
Farmers > Ohio > Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Environmentalists & Naturalists.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures.
COOKING / History.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Organic.
Agriculture.
Authors, American.
Authors, American > Homes and haunts.
Farm life.
Farmers.
Homes.
Intellectual life.
Ohio.
Agriculture > États-Unis > Ohio (États-Unis) > 20e siècle.
Vie à la ferme > États-Unis > Ohio (États-Unis) > 20e siècle.
1900-1999
History.
Biographies.
Genre:
Biography.
History.
Biographies.
Physical Description:340 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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