Chasing Wildflowers

Posted by amazon 05.07 2007 on 14:56:24 (761 readers)

Chasing Wildflowers

What can possess a man to drive across state lines, mountain ranges, and international borders with little more than a ragged guide book, an old map, and a wild look in his eyes? Wild women? No, wildflowers! Author Scott Calhoun invites you to join him on a rollicking adventure through Utah, Colorado, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, and into Sonora, Mexico. Along the way, learn how red chile on a white T-shirt can look like a gunshot wound, and how a man driving a VW Jetta with 100,000 miles on it can feel "richer than a Hollywood divorce lawyer" while he searches for the elusive beauty of blooming wildflowers. Why? Because "there are some temptations that are too great for a renegade gardener to resist." 36 color photos.

Scott Calhoun "tells his story…with wit and a delightful earthiness."—The American Gardener

Author: Scott Calhoun,
Publisher: Rio Nuevo , 2007-05-02
ISBN: 1887896988, EAN: 9781887896986

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