Herbal Renaissance, Growing, Using & Understanding Herbs in the Modern World: Growing, Using & Understanding Herbs in the Modern World [Paperback]

Steven Foster (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Gibbs Smith; Rev Sub edition (October 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0879055235
• ISBN-13: 978-0879055233
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #587,181 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Steven Foster is the author or co-author of seventeen books, including National Geographic's A Desk Reference to Nature's Medicine (2006, with Rebecca Johnson), a 2007 New York Public Library "Best of Reference." He is senior author of three Peterson Field Guides, including A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs (with Dr. James A. Duke), 2nd edition, 2000, A Field Guide to Western Medicinal Plants and Herbs with Christopher Hobbs, (2002), and A Field Guide to Venomous Animals and Poisonous Plants of North America (with Roger Caras, 1995). My goal is simply to explore the relationship between people and plants in words and images. My travels have taken me to every continent except Antarctica, mostly in search of medicinal plants to photograph from the Amazon rainforest to the highlands of Vietnam, resulting in a photographic library of over 200,000 images. In 1974, I began my career at the Herb Department of the Sabbathday Lake, Maine, Shaker Community, America's oldest herb business dating to 1799. It has been an extraordinary journey, and it is my pleasure to share my experience through my books.