Stalking the Healthful Herbs [Mass Market Paperback]

Euell Gibbons (Author), Raymond Rose (Illustrator)

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• Mass Market Paperback
• Publisher: David McKay Company; Undertermined edition (1973)
• ASIN: B000I52K00
• Shipping Weight: 10.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of Euell Gibbons best, back in print, February 21, 2001

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Joanna Daneman (Middletown, DE USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stalking The Healthful Herbs (Paperback)

The original "Stalking the wild..." editions went out of print some years ago and that was a shame. Nobody but a character like Euell Gibbons could write such a downhome book that passed on folk wisdom and botany in a delightful way.

I actually prefer this book to "Asparagus" because it is a bit more useful. For example, if you live nearly anywhere in middle America, violet leaves pop up in your lawn and garden. They're readily available and easy to find. And he gives uses for cucumber-scented borage, which you can actually plant from seeds. This herb now is a top seller for its healthful oil-rich seeds that contain linoleic acid. If borage doesn't grow in your fields, you can put it in your herb garden. He gives great ideas for violets, borage, mint and other herbs either readily found or available to grow.

Careful however; some of the wild herbs look alike; most dangerously hemlock and parsley, angelica and other members of the carrot family look alike with their feathery fronds. Best to take a course in plant identification at the local community college if you are collecting these.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best of the best..., September 2, 2005

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C. Morris (haslett, michigan United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stalking The Healthful Herbs (Paperback)

A hundred years from now, I believe, the Gibbons books will still be regarded as first-rate texts. The science is, if not impeccable, supportive of Gibbons' readable and magnetic approach to edibles. He's a charmer, but not self-consciously so. His charm is in his love for the subject, and his expertise. Too bad Johnny Carson made a bit of a clown out of him, because he was anything but a clown. "Stalking the Wild Asparagus" is the centerpiece of his output; indispensable for anyone with any level of interest in the subject.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Review By Texas Gulf coast Herbalist, (hobby), January 15, 1998

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This review is from: Stalking The Healthful Herbs (Paperback)

I own the original. And am thrilled to see it reprinted. Gibbons was the virtuoso of the herbal heyday, and his stories of nature, and his naturalist outlook, will enthrall you as much as the herbs you'll learn about. He is, and will allways remain, part of this foragers life, even though I never knew him personaly.