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Silvey, Anita

The Plant Hunters: True Stories of Their Daring Adventures to the Far Corners of the Earth

88 pp. | Farrar | April, 2012 | Trade ISBN 978-0-374-30908-4 $19.99
(4) 4-6 This is a well-illustrated collection of anecdotes about naturalists, mostly from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, who studied and gathered plants on various continents. The stories are entertaining, but Silvey stresses the hazards of their occupation (extreme weather, rough terrain, hostile natives, wild animals, etc.) at the expense of a coherent overview of the developing science of botany. Timeline. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Christine M. Heppermann

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