Book Events for librarynewfs

19th century

• The origin of species : by means of natural selection by Charles Darwin

9/11

• Teaching the trees : lessons from the forest by Joan Maloof

American Civil War

• Genius of place : the life of Frederick Law Olmsted by Justin Martin (1865)

American Revolution

• Giants in the land by Diana Karter Appelbaum (1783)

Congressional hearings on DDT

• Rachel Carson : witness for nature by Linda J. Lear

Dust Bowl Era

• A Sand County almanac, and sketches here and there by Aldo Leopold

foraging

• Wild food by Roger Phillips

gardening

• The Random House book of perennials V.2 by Roger Phillips
• The Random House book of perennials V1 by Roger Phillips

Great Famine

• The botany of desire : a plant's eye view of the world by Michael Pollan (1852)

Harriman Expedition

• The wilderness world of John Muir by John Muir

Lewis and Clark Expedition

• Lewis and Clark's green world : the expedition and its plants by A. Scott Earle

Publication of "On the Origin of Species"

• Apes, angels, & Victorians : the story of Darwin, Huxley, and evolution by William Irvine

Theory of Evolution

• The origin of species : by means of natural selection by Charles Darwin

Victorian Era

• The origin of species : by means of natural selection by Charles Darwin

Voyage of the HMS Beagle

• Journal of researches by Charles Darwin into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle under the command of Capt. Fitz Roy, R.N. by Charles Darwin

Winter

• Dear Rebecca, winter is here by Jean Craighead George

World's Columbian Exposition

• Genius of place : the life of Frederick Law Olmsted by Justin Martin