MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01561cam a22002894a 4500
001 2009001822
003 DLC
005 20090822084226.0
008 090206s2009 nyua b 001 0beng
010 $a 2009001822
020 $a9781594202094 (alk. paper)
020 $a1594202095 (alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn233549237
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043 $an-us---
050 00 $aSB63.B9$bS635 2009
082 00 $a630.92$222
100 1 $aSmith, Jane S.
245 14 $aThe garden of invention :$bLuther Burbank and the business of breeding plants /$cJane S. Smith.
260 $aNew York :$bPenguin Press,$c2009.
300 $a354 p. :$bill. ;$c22 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [337]-343) and index.
505 0 $aNature in an age of invention -- The lucky spud -- The second gold rush -- Faster, better, sweeter -- A personal interlude -- Marketing the new creation -- The philosopher in the orchard, the scientist in the pea patch -- California boosters and the ivory tower -- The Carnegie Institution seal of approval -- The training of the human plant -- Learning from Luther Burbank -- The Corn Palace and the empire of the prickly pear -- The meeting of the masters -- The garden of beautiful thoughts -- Transplanting the legacy -- The creator's art -- The garden as intellectual property.
600 10 $aBurbank, Luther,$d1849-1926.
650 0 $aPlant breeders$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aPlant breeding$zUnited States$xHistory.