is Visiting Lecturer on Afro-American Studies and on English and American Literature and Language at Harvard University. Her most recent book is My Garden (Book).

She recommends adding the following to your list:

The Garden and Farm Books of Thomas Jefferson
This reproduction of Jefferson's garden and farm journals along withselected correspondence on gardening and farming from Jefferson to Washington, Adams, Madison, and others.
$20.00   

The Travels of William Bartram
From "pompous palms" to "glittering rivulets," Bartram introduces us to an amazing and majestic colonial America. Francis Harper's naturalist edition adds an annotated index that guides the horticulturist, gardener, and ornithologist alike." -- Gardening in the South
$9.95 pb   

Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens
A superb example of Dicken's ability to combine the disparate qualities of a social historian, a theatrical artist, and a poet of the utmost tenderness and insight.
$7.95   

Wonder, The Rainbow and The Aesthetics of Rare Experiences by Philip Fisher
In three instructive instances--a pair of paintings, the famous problem of doubling the area of a square, and the history of attempts to explain rainbows--Philip Fisher examines the experience of wonder as it draws together pleasure, thinking, and the aesthetic features of thought. Fisher is Felice Crowl Reid Professor of English and American Literature at Harvard Univerisity.
$35.00 pb   

Books selected specially for the summer by the staff and some literary and scholarly friends of Harvard Book Store.

Pick four...get five!
Buy any four books from this selection and Harvard Book Store will give you a $5 coupon off your next purchase*. Plus, we'll ship your books for free to your domestic summer destination.

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