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John and William Bartram: Travelers in Early America

Sandra Wallus Sammons

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ISBN: 0-9717641-2-3

Soft Cover

Size: 5.5" x 8.5"

128 Pages

Price: $14.95

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Sandra Wallus Sammons provides a close look at the lives and times of America's first botanists. Joel T. Fry, Curator at Historic Bartram Garden in Philadelphia says, "Sandy Sammons' book fills a real need - a book to interest young readers in the lives of John and William Bartram. The Bartram story is complex, but Sammons has managed to tell the story in a compelling fashion."

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CONTENTS

Foreword

by Joel T. Fry, Curator of Historic Collections, Historic Bartram’s Garden

Preface

Chapter 1. Beginnings in a New Land

Chapter 2. Growing Gardens and Friendships

Chapter 3. "All in a flame"

Chapter 4. William, "my little botanist"

Chapter 5. The King’s Botanist

Chapter 6. Endings and Beginnings

Chapter 7. Peace – and a Revolution

Chapter 8. "Puc Puggy"

Chapter 9. Safe and Sound

Chapter 10. Travels

Chapter 11. A Fruitful Garden

Afterword

If You Want To Know More

Footnotes

Index

REVIEWS

“Sandy Sammons' book fills a real need, a book to interest young readers in the lives of John and William Bartram"

Joel T. Fry, Curator

Historic Bartram Gardens

“I enjoyed reading John and William Bartram: Travelers in Early America. It captures William's blithe spirit."

Edward J. Cashin, Director

Center for the Study of Georgia History

“Well don! Excellent for classrooms and living rooms.”

Joseph Vetter, Teacher

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