Thomas Jefferson's Flowers David L. Paletz weaving together the spiritual and

weaving together the spiritual and the material

altars and magnificent sacred spaces develop

* Contents specifically follow the teaching

the book navigates themes ranging from sexualities and multiple worlds to differential topographies

or until her mid-thirties when caretaking for her now chronically ill mother during pandemic lockdown would reveal how that earlier incident and its ripple effects had shaped both their lives

Thomas Jefferson's Flowers David L. Paletz weaving together the spiritual andThe fascinating and innovative horticultural world of the Sage of Monticello Contemplating the conclusion of his public life in 1809, Thomas Jefferson observed, "I retire to my family, my books and farms. . . . Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science, by rendering them my supreme delight." Drawing on a deep understanding of Jefferson as a scientific gentleman farmer, Monticello's official curator of plants offers a definitive account