Second Nature: A Gardener's Education

SOLID!!!

EASY READ, VERY ENJOYABLE.

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Great book. Horrible, horrible editing.

This is, without a doubt, the worst edited ebook I've ever seen. "Modern" is consistently rendered as "modem." The author just referred to some trees being "fully 8edged." Italics are there one word, gone the next, and back the word after that.

None of that is true in the paper version. I have, I admit, downloaded a few scanned books from free sites: in general, they've been better quality than this.


Don't get me wrong; I love the book. That's why I bought it -- my paper copy is wearing out, and I figured this would be an easier way to take it around with me. Pollan's writing is wonderful, and he approaches the whole subject of gardens from a wonderful perspective, that of someone who, in the beginning, has read too many essays by Thoreau and Walden, and believes too firmly that distinctions between "weeds" and "plants" are terrible. By the end, he's learned somewhat better, at least as affects his garden. He's funny, and has good references throughout, and makes the reader think.

It's a brilliant book; go buy a paper copy, and save yourself the pain of this bad editing.

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