Confederate Jasmine and the Fat Tuesday Tree: A Poetic Herbarium Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Confederate Jasmine and the Fat Tuesday Tree: A Poetic Herbarium Book

The emphasis is on the "Poetic" of the subtitle. In this evocative collection of small essays, Ann Lewis paints lovely pictures in words, describing not only subtropical plants such as sea oats, magnolia, and kudzu, but also the (slightly fictionalized) people of her childhood in the South. Her spirit- of-place approach serves her, and the reader, very well. You've got to love a book that weaves together the graceful forget-me-not flower with a visit with an Elvis impersonator, wisteria and catalpa with William Faulkner--and that includes in the bargain an appendix listing "Towns with Good Names," among them Burnt Corn, Zip City, and Akbachoochee. Lewis's lovely prints, resembling herbarium pressings, accompany the text.Read More

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  • Product Description

    A book for gardeners, travelers, and anyone who loves the lush landscape of the deep South, Confederate Jasmine and the Fat Tuesday Tree is an exquisite combination of delicate images and rich memoir an illustrated volume that is as beautiful as it is unique. Long haunted by the legacy of the South, writer and artist Ann Lewis returns, this time to draw links between the plants and settings she loved while growing up and the individuals and events she encounters as an adult. Collecting "specimens" of the varied plants of the area and weaving them into enchanting miniature collages each of which is accompanied by evocative, humorous, and often touching prose Lewis has created an artistic, lyrical homage to the South that charms and captivates.

  • 0811813088
  • 9780811813082
  • Ann Lewis
  • 1 May 1997
  • Chronicle Books
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 160
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