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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Paul S. Martin , David Yetman , Mark E. Fishbein , Philip D. JenkinsPublisher: University of Arizona Press Imprint: University of Arizona Press Edition: Annotated edition Dimensions: Width: 18.80cm , Height: 4.20cm , Length: 26.40cm Weight: 1.336kg ISBN: 9780816517268ISBN 10: 0816517266 Pages: 558 Publication Date: 30 September 1998 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsThis is a major revision and updating of Howard Scott Gentry's famous book on the plants of northwestern Mexico. . . . The book is a classic because it is at once a scientific text and the story of a quest. Gentry had a gift for expressive prose which he put to good use in his unorthodox and highly effective descriptive annotations. The editors of this second edition have done justice to their task. . . . This new edition, like its original evidently a labor of love, also successfully conveys the richness and beauty of the vegetation and the landscape. --Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew This is a major revision and updating of Howard Scott Gentry's famous book on the plants of northwestern Mexico. . . . The book is a classic because it is at once a scientific text and the story of a quest. Gentry had a gift for expressive prose which he put to good use in his unorthodox and highly effective descriptive annotations. The editors of this second edition have done justice to their task. . . . This new edition, like its original evidently a labor of love, also successfully conveys the richness and beauty of the vegetation and the landscape. --Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew This is a major revision and updating of Howard Scott Gentry's famous book on the plants of northwestern Mexico. . . . The book is a classic because it is at once a scientific text and the story of a quest. Gentry had a gift for expressive prose which he put to good use in his unorthodox and highly effective descriptive annotations. The editors of this second edition have done justice to their task. . . . This new edition, like its original evidently a labor of love, also successfully conveys the richness and beauty of the vegetation and the landscape. -- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Author InformationPaul S. Martin is a professor emeritus of geosciences at the University of Arizona. David Yetman is a research social scientist at the University of Arizona and host of the television show The Desert Speaks. B>Mark Fishbein currently teaches at Washington State University. Phil Jenkins is an assistant curator of the University of Arizona Herbarium. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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