American Eden

From Monticello to Central Park to Our Backyards: What Our Gardens Tell Us About Who We Are
by Wade Graham

Americans throughout history have revealed something of themselves—their personalities, desires, and beliefs—in the gardens they create. Rooted in the time and place of their making, as much as in the minds and identities of their makers, gardens mirror the struggles and energies of a changing society. Melding biography, history, and cultural commentary in a one-of-a-kind narrative, American Eden presents a dynamic, sweeping look at this country's landscapes and the visionaries behind them.

Beautifully illustrated with color and black-and-white images, American Eden is at once a different kind of garden book and a different kind of American history, one that offers a compelling, untold story—a saga that mirrors and illuminates our nation's invention, and constant reinvention, of itself.

Hardcover, 480 pages
Harper, 2011
ISBN-10: 0061583421
ISBN-13: 978-0061583421
9.2 x 7.7 x 1.3 inches