{"product_id":"my-summer-in-a-garden-9780375759468","title":"My Summer in a Garden","description":"Oft quoted but seldom credited, Charles Dudley Warner's \u003ci\u003eMy Summer in a Garden\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic of American garden writing and was a seminal early work in the then fledgling genre of American nature writing. Warner--prominent in his day as a writer and newspaper editor--was a dedicated amateur gardener who shared with Mark Twain, his close friend and neighbor, a sense of humor that remains deliciously fresh today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn monthly dispatches, Warner chronicles his travails in the garden, where he and his cat, Calvin, seek to ward off a stream of interlopers, from the neighbors' huge-hoofed cows and thieving children, to the reviled, though \"propagatious,\" pusley weed. To read Warner is to join him on his rounds of his beloved vegetable patch, to feel the sun on his sore back, the hoe in his blistered hands, and yet, like him, never to lose sight of \"the philosophical implications of contact with the earth, and companionship with gently growing things.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis Modern Library edition is published with an extensive new Introduction by Allan Gurganus, author of \u003ci\u003eOldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Practical Heart\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Modern Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/19\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375759468\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.56h x 5.49w x 0.38d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2001 pg. 182\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/02\/2002 pg. 31\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2002 pg. 17\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Charles Dudley Warner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36636710273180,"sku":"9780375759468","price":12.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_035f5b73-4d77-4a17-bcdb-91b9ee06ae5f.jpg?v=1603842721","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/my-summer-in-a-garden-9780375759468","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}