These 14 pieces by Katharine White first appeared in the pages of the New Yorker and were posthumously collected by her husband, E. B. White. They are at once as formal as an English manor house garden, as sensible as the Burpee seed catalog, and twice as delightful as either.
Onward and Upward in the Garden FROM THE PUBLISHER
Katharine White began working at The New Yorker in 1925, the year of its founding, and was an editor there for thirty-four years. Throughout and beyond those years she was also a gardener. In 1958 White wrote the first of a series of fourteen garden pieces that appeared in the magazine over the next twelve years. Onward and Upward in the Garden is the collection of these now-famous pieces. First published posthumously in 1979 with a touching introduction by the writer's husband, E. B. White, it has become an essential book for writers and gardeners in every generation. Now, in this new edition, Katharine White and her timeless prose can be read and appreciated anew.
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Presents a series of 14 lovely garden pieces written by editor, writer, and avid gardener Katharine White (1896-1977); they appeared in between 1958 and 1970. The collection was last reprinted in 1979. This edition includes White's husband E.B. White's delightful introduction and a brief but gorgeous afterword by Jamaica Kincaid, written in 1996. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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