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The Resource Waking up in Eden : in pursuit of an impassioned life on an imperiled island, Lucinda Fleeson

Waking up in Eden : in pursuit of an impassioned life on an imperiled island, Lucinda Fleeson

Label
Waking up in Eden : in pursuit of an impassioned life on an imperiled island
Title
Waking up in Eden
Title remainder
in pursuit of an impassioned life on an imperiled island
Statement of responsibility
Lucinda Fleeson
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
Recounts the author's decision to leave her big-city job and move to the island of Kauai to work at the National Tropical Botanical Garden, an exotic vocation that exposed her to both Hawaii's natural wonders and the endangered species that are falling prey to invasive plants, animals, and humans
Biography type
contains biographical information
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Fleeson, Lucinda
Dewey number
508.969
Illustrations
maps
Index
no index present
LC call number
GE155.H3
LC item number
F55 2009
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Fleeson, Lucinda
  • Fleeson, Lucinda
  • National Tropical Botanical Garden
  • National Tropical Botanical Garden
  • Kauai (Hawaii)
  • Kauai (Hawaii)
  • Endangered plants
  • Tropical plants
  • Endemic plants
  • Wildlife recovery
  • Plant conservation
  • Ecology
  • Endangered plants
  • Endemic plants
  • Plant conservation
  • Travel
  • Tropical plants
  • Wildlife recovery
  • Hawaii
Label
Waking up in Eden : in pursuit of an impassioned life on an imperiled island, Lucinda Fleeson
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-310)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Discovery -- Solitary expeditions -- Treasure island -- This is the boondocks -- They're all lost -- The secret garden -- They were one of us -- Mission -- Digging in -- Chicken skin -- My plantation cottage -- Sow a seed, reap a life's work -- Local style -- Alien species -- The rosetta stone of evolution -- Light after darkness -- Hearts in the snow -- A walk on Mahaulepu : deconstructing extinction -- Mango madness -- Last tango in paradise -- Living well is the best revenge -- The pansy craze -- A Kapu on the garden -- New wave luau -- Last harvest -- In a heartbeat everything changes -- Resolution -- Macbeth -- Never too late -- Obake -- Renegade plant rescuer -- Saying goodbye to a garden
Control code
ocn244419811
Dimensions
21 cm
Edition
First edition
Extent
310 pages
Isbn
9781565124868
Lccn
2009000413
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
map
Label
Waking up in Eden : in pursuit of an impassioned life on an imperiled island, Lucinda Fleeson
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-310)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Discovery -- Solitary expeditions -- Treasure island -- This is the boondocks -- They're all lost -- The secret garden -- They were one of us -- Mission -- Digging in -- Chicken skin -- My plantation cottage -- Sow a seed, reap a life's work -- Local style -- Alien species -- The rosetta stone of evolution -- Light after darkness -- Hearts in the snow -- A walk on Mahaulepu : deconstructing extinction -- Mango madness -- Last tango in paradise -- Living well is the best revenge -- The pansy craze -- A Kapu on the garden -- New wave luau -- Last harvest -- In a heartbeat everything changes -- Resolution -- Macbeth -- Never too late -- Obake -- Renegade plant rescuer -- Saying goodbye to a garden
Control code
ocn244419811
Dimensions
21 cm
Edition
First edition
Extent
310 pages
Isbn
9781565124868
Lccn
2009000413
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
map

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