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1 online resource |
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Included bibliographical references and index. |
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Print version record. |
Summary |
In this engaging and eye-opening read, forager-journalist Becky Lerner sets out on a quest to find her inner hunter-gatherer in the city of Portland, Oregon. After a disheartening week trying to live off wild plants from the streets and parks near her home, she learns the ways of the first people who lived there and, along with a quirky cast of characters, discovers an array of useful wild plants hiding in plain sight. As she harvests them for food, medicine, and just-in-case apocalypse insurance, Lerner delves into anthropology, urban ecology and sustainability, and finds herself looking at Nature in a very different way. <p class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt><p class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0px> Humorous, philosophical, and informative, Dandelion Hunter has something for everyone, from the curious neophyte to the seasoned forager. |
Contents |
Part One. What to Eat at the End of the World -- Wild Girl -- Coyote Medicine -- Cathlapotle -- Squirrel Wisdom -- Thanksgiving -- Part Two. Mountain Medicine on a One-Way Street -- Outlaws -- Erico of the Herbs -- Doggy Herbalism -- The Tree That Slays the Flu -- Part Three. The Revolution Tastes Like Blackberry -- Margot Berlin -- Dime-size God -- Roundup -- Slingshot -- The Way of the Raccoon -- Part Four. I Think I Love You -- Plant People -- Horsetail -- Nocturne -- Appendix A: Selected Wild Recipes -- Appendix B: Tips for Urban Foragers. |
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Lerner, Rebecca (Botanizer)
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Lerner, Rebecca (Botanizer) (OCoLC)fst01989148
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Botanizers -- United States -- Biography.
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Women botanizers -- United States -- Biography.
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Botanizers -- Oregon -- Portland.
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Urban plants.
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Plants, Edible.
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Medicinal plants.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Environmentalists & Naturalists.
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Botanizers. (OCoLC)fst00836867
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Medicinal plants. (OCoLC)fst01014866
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Plants, Edible. (OCoLC)fst01066168
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Urban plants. (OCoLC)fst01162483
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Women botanizers. (OCoLC)fst01177369
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Oregon -- Portland.
(OCoLC)fst01204325
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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Added Title |
Foraging the urban wilderness |
Other Form: |
Print version: Lerner, Rebecca (Botanizer). Dandelion hunter. Guilford, Conn. : Lyons Press, ©2013 0762780622 (OCoLC)812254332 |
ISBN |
9780762793129 (electronic bk.) |
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0762793120 (electronic bk.) |
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