{"product_id":"the-forgotten-botanist-9781496222817","title":"The Forgotten Botanist","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Forgotten Botanist\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of Sara Plummer Lemmon, a little-known and underappreciated woman of both science and art who did much of the botanical work attributed to her husband, John Gill Lemmon.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In this attentive and richly researched portrait, writer Wynne Brown honors not just Plummer Lemmon's many accomplishments but her verve and courage.\"—Tess Joosse, \u003ci\u003eScientific American\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Brown weaves together research in newspaper accounts, personal letters, field notes, photographs, and other personal papers to create a remarkable, intimate biography of a fascinating woman.\"—R. C. Hedreen, \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eThe Forgotten Botanist\u003c\/i\u003e] is a memorable account of an accomplished life.\"—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Richly details Plummer Lemmon’s life of pluck and inquisitiveness that led to grand, sometimes harrowing, adventures and discoveries.”—Beth Surdut, \u003ci\u003eDesert Leaf\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\"I highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to understand the contribution of women to the field of botany, but also to anyone who wants to read a fascinating and memorable tale of life as a botanist in the 19th century. Sara will come alive for you on these pages. Hopefully, her days of being a forgotten botanist may finally be in the past.\"—Amy Boyd, \u003ci\u003ePlant Science Bulletin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Forgotten Botanist\u003c\/i\u003e is a timeless tale about a woman who discovered who she was by leaving everything behind. Her inspiring story is one of resilience, determination, and courage—and is as relevant to our nation today as it was in her own time.\"—Mary Sauers, NCompass blog\u003cbr\u003e“The history of botany is filled with intrepid, brilliant women, but few have gotten their due. Wynne Brown has written a lively life of Sara Plummer Lemmon, a brave nineteenth-century botanist who explored the West. She earned the admiration of the great botanists of her day, and she deserves ours as well.”—Victoria Johnson, author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Eden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In this long overdue biography of Sara Lemmon, Wynne Brown restores an overlooked luminary of the Southwest to her proper place in history. Brimming with narrative verve and a naturalist’s eye for detail, \u003ci\u003eThe Forgotten Botanist\u003c\/i\u003e is a vivid account of how one woman overcame great odds to help shape western botany.”—Francisco Cantú, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Line Becomes the River\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A stirring and intimate portrait of an unconventional, resourceful, and adventurous transplant to the American West.”—Susan Cummins Miller, editor of \u003ci\u003eA Sweet, Separate Intimacy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Using botanist Sara Plummer Lemmon’s copious letters to family and friends, author Wynne Brown delves into Lemmon’s hopes and successes as well as her challenges and disappointments as she and her botanist husband pursued undescribed plants throughout the West.”—Carolyn Niethammer, author of \u003ci\u003eA Desert Feast\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Prologue: New York Harbor, December 1869\u003cbr\u003e 1. “Now I Am at the Jumping Off Place”: San Francisco, 1870\u003cbr\u003e 2. “Perhaps You’ve Heard Our Sadie Was Killed”: Santa Barbara, 1870\u003cbr\u003e 3. “It Is Like Death to Me to Be Idle”: Santa Barbara, 1871–76\u003cbr\u003e 4. “A Great Botanist from the Sierras”: Michigan, the Civil War, and Northern California, 1832–76\u003cbr\u003e 5. “My Dear, Soul-Knit Brother”: Santa Barbara and Sierra Valley, 1876–77\u003cbr\u003e 6. “Into the Matrimonial Vortex!”: Santa Barbara and Oakland, 1877–80\u003cbr\u003e 7. “Try to Touch the Heart of Santa Catalina”: Southern Arizona, Spring 1881\u003cbr\u003e 8. “An Extreme Outpost of Civilized Life”: Southern Arizona, Fall 1881\u003cbr\u003e 9. “Eleven Days of Dungeon Life”: Southern Arizona, Fall 1881\u003cbr\u003e 10. “Happy in Our Work \u0026amp; in Each Other”: Oakland, 1881–82\u003cbr\u003e 11. “Rushing, Reckless Life of a True Mining Town”: Southern Arizona, Summer 1882\u003cbr\u003e 12. “A Botanical Paradise”: Southern Arizona, Summer–Fall 1882\u003cbr\u003e 13. “Considered by Less Ambitious a Fine Season’s Work”: Oakland and Southern Arizona, 1882–83\u003cbr\u003e 14. “Lives Cast in Pleasant Places”: Northern Arizona and New Mexico, 1884\u003cbr\u003e 15. “Grandest Display the World Has Ever Known”: New Orleans and New England, 1884–85\u003cbr\u003e 16. “Our Hillock in Cholame”: Near San Luis Obispo, California, 1885–87\u003cbr\u003e 17. “Life, to Me, Seems Sweeter Each Year”: Oakland and Mexico, 1887–88\u003cbr\u003e 18. “The Narrowest Escape from Instant Death”: Oakland, 1888–91\u003cbr\u003e 19. “Sell Everything and Move to California!”: Oakland and Chicago, 1891–93\u003cbr\u003e 20. “A Sweet, Sacred Togetherness”: Oakland and Mexico, 1894–98\u003cbr\u003e 21. “Wish We Were Out in the Wild Woods”: Oakland and Arizona, 1899–1903\u003cbr\u003e 22. “Safe—Tho’ Tremendously Shaken”: Arizona and Oakland, 1903–6\u003cbr\u003e 23. “I Feel So Helpless and Alone”: Oakland, 1906–12\u003cbr\u003e 24. “Partners in Botany”: Oakland, 1908–23\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Selected Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409233158487,"sku":"9781496222817","price":19.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781496222817.jpg?v=1730506067","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-forgotten-botanist-9781496222817","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}