At home in the garden

by Hamilton, Gail

"With steadfast determination and good spirit, a nineteenth-century writer and gardener, Gail Hamilton, wittily recounts her earnest but ultimately failed efforts to produce a vegetable garden and, later, her success in growing a flower garden." "Born Mary Abigail Dodge to a privileged Family in rural Massachusetts in the mid-1800s, Gail Hamilton became a prolific writer, eventually publishing a dozen books and numerous articles. In 1862, she wrote Country Living and Country Thinking, a combined essay, autobiography, and journal in which she expounds upon her obsession with gardening and her victories and heartbreaks with it." "In At Home in the Garden, best-selling author and former editor Pat Ross has compiled the best essays from Hamilton's work and illustrated them with charming images of vintage seed packets and catalogs, making this delightful compendium the perfect inspiration for gardeners and lovers of Victoriana everywhere."--BOOK JACKET.