Tom Brown's Guide to Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants (Tom Brown's Field Guide)

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Not a field guide but a personality guide.......2007-04-20

In this book Tom isn't really trying to make a field guide to identify edible/medicinal plants. He is trying to get you to enjoy those plants, not just use them. Each plant that he talks about has a story that goes along with it. Whether it is the first time he took a sip of catnip tea or an adventure down the river on a raft made from sassafras trees that had been cut down. I have found this book extremely helpful in enjoying and getting to know the types of plants described. Which i find in turn helps me a lot with identifying them from look a likes and really appreciating what i do find to eat.

Not a field guide but great stories.......2007-01-25

I love Tom Brown, and his stories about plants are an important part of how I practice herbal medicine. But this book would have been much much better if it had illustrations or at least drawings. As a result, I leave the book at home and read it for enjoyment, cross-referencing it with a field guide if need be.

Great for the info it has, but not an identification and classification book.......2006-02-18

This book is written from the standpoint of someone who needs to use plants either for survival or bush medicine. It is not the best or most accurate filed guide for identifying or classifying plants. I found it best to use this book in conjunction with an Audubon field guide. The Audubon filed guide will give you a picture and a better description of the plant that you are looking for, Tom Brown's book tells you what to do with the plant when you find it.

Tom browns book is the more important part of this equation, what good is knowing what a plant looks like without knowing what it is used for? So, I recommend using a different field guide for finding a certain plant, and then using Tom Brown's guide and practice making the medicinal applications and teas that he has. This book was not designed to take the place of a standard photographic field guide. It is designed to be used first in conjunction with a standard field guide until you know the plant and can identify it, then the illustrations and such are only to jog your memory in the field if you are looking for a certain remedy plant but its been a while since you messed with it.

A warning for readers.......2005-11-23

This book contains a description and uses of the plant comfrey.
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Before you go out ingesting plants you should look them up at reputable medical sites to see if they can cause problems in people or interact with prescription drugs.

Entertaining Book And Educational.......2005-02-20

Tom Brown Jr's stories about his experiences with Stalking Wolf and other ancients will keep you entertained while you learn about the divers benefits of plants. If Tom ever decides write part two, I will be in line for a second helping.

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A compact, useful field guide

Wild Medicinal Plants
Anny Schneider
Manufacturer: Stackpole Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Herbal Remedies | Alternative Medicine | Health, Mind & Body | Subjects | Books

General | Gardening & Horticulture | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books

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ASIN: 0811729877

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A fully illustrated, full color guide to using some 80 wild medicinal plants found in North America. Includes descriptions and photographs of each plant species as well as information on where to find and how to use them. Matches a variety of illnesses with the plants that treat them, discusses how medicinal plants work and how and what parts of the plants should be gathered, and describes and illustrates toxic wild plants to avoid. Includes information for: Hawthorn, Adam's Flannel, Yarrow, Cinquefoil, Shepherd's Purse, Pussywillow, St. John's Wort, Huckleberry, Black Cherry, Bladderwrack, Watercress, Tansy, Barberry, Horseradish, Great Burdock, Curled Dock, Mallow, Stinging Nettle, Black Elder, Elecampane and 60 others. Includes scientific and common names for each plant.

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A compact, useful field guide.......2002-07-11

Excellent color photos by Ulysse Charette accompany Wild Medicinal Plants, an informative survey of the medicinal properties of herbs that grow in the wild. From recipes and preparation tips to a handy guide for avoiding toxic plants, Wild Medicinal Plants includes habitat, description, plant parts used, and photos in a compact, useful field guide.

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Title misleading
This book ROCKS-That is if your looking for natural remedies
color reference

Field Guide to Medicinal Wild Plants
Bradford Angier
Manufacturer: Stackpole Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Nature & Ecology | Science | Subjects | Books

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ASIN: 0811720764

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Title misleading.......2001-08-05

If you think that you're going to hike into the wilderness and learn to identify medicinal plants with this book, you may be in for a surprise. There is no index except for the list of common names in the front. An index with the Latin names as well as the pathological conditions the plants are useful for would have been helpful. There also seems to be no logic (except maybe to the author)to the order of the plants presented. It would be quite difficult for you to identify a plant with this book unless you already had some guess as to what you were looking at, and then look THAT up. A more descriptive title would have been just plain "Medicinal Wild Plants of North America."(i.e. nix the "Field Guide" part because, that it certainly ain't!) Having said that, I think the book is worth reading just for the information you get from it. I certainly learned a lot about how the plants were used from a historical perspective (lots of anecdotes about the native Americans and their herbal medicines).

This book ROCKS-That is if your looking for natural remedies.......1999-01-06

This book is really great. Let's say that you fell on a rock and your kne cracked open and it's bloody, well this book will tell you plnts that you kneed to put on it. If you have to mix some plants or liquify them to a certain point it tells you exactly how to prepare it so that it will have effect. I highly recomend this book for anybody who goes into the woods and has a chance of getting hurt.

color reference.......1998-12-23

A full page is dedicated to each plant, showing in color, a detailed drawing of the leaves and flower, fruit or other identifying characteristic. The text is at least a page and covers: Family, Common Names, Characteristics, Area and Uses. The text is easy to read and offers interesting notes about the plant's uses, primarily from American Indians and pioneers. This is not a field identification book, but it provides additional information to a known plant. The guide is alphabetical by common name.

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Field Guide to Medicinal Wild Plants

Manufacturer: Stackpole Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0811705528

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FIELD GUIDE TO MEDICINAL WILD PLANTS.
B. Angier
Manufacturer: Stackpole Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000WPI6IQ

A Plant Lover's Guide to Wildcrafting: How to Protect Wild Places and Harvest Medicinal Herbs

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A Plant Lover's Guide to Wildcrafting: How to Protect Wild Places and Harvest Medicinal Herbs
Krista Thie
Manufacturer: Longevity Herb Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0962486809

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Wildflowers of Illinois Woodlands
Sylvan T. Runkel , and Alvin F. Bull
Manufacturer: Iowa State Pr
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Trees | Field Guides | Outdoors & Nature | Subjects | Books

Flowers | Field Guides | Outdoors & Nature | Subjects | Books

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ASIN: 0813819903

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An excellent beginner's guide

Wildflowers of Indiana Woodlands
Sylvan T. Runkel , and Alvin F. Bull
Manufacturer: Iowa State Pr
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Trees | Field Guides | Outdoors & Nature | Subjects | Books

Flowers | Field Guides | Outdoors & Nature | Subjects | Books

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ASIN: 0813819695

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An excellent beginner's guide.......2000-02-25

This book's wonderful clear, color photos make this book an excellent guide for beginners or casual wildflower observers.

Wild Edible & Medicinal Plants: Alaska, Canada & Pacific Northwest Rainforest, Vol 2

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A Terrific Handy, Water Resistant Field Guide!

Wild Edible & Medicinal Plants: Alaska, Canada & Pacific Northwest Rainforest, Vol 2
Carol R. Biggs
Manufacturer: Alaska Nature Connection
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Spiral-bound

Reference | Outdoors & Nature | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0966919211

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A Terrific Handy, Water Resistant Field Guide!.......2002-03-30

This pocketsize beginner's spiral-bound field guide is both useful, utilitarian, and beautiful. The cardstock paper is coated to protect against the omni-present NW drizzle, so you can take it with you when doing plant searches. Her 3 1/2" by 5" photos are some of the best I have seen. They are clear and plainly show important identifying details of the plants. She also lists the Tlingit names for some of the plants, and has a personable, straighforward writing style. She has both Volume 1 and 2. Both are excellent. ...

Field Guides to Wild Plants: Edibles and Medicinals

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Field Guides to Wild Plants: Edibles and Medicinals
Bradford Angier
Manufacturer: Stackpole Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0811721620

Book Description

Latest illustrated information about major points of interest — from the Montauk Point Lighthouse Museum and the Long Island Children's Museum, to new additions such as the Oyster Bay Refuge and Malabar (Downeast Windjammer Cruises). Includes website information when available, visiting hours, fees, guided tours, eating facilities, and other services. 24 black-and-white illustrations.

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Not detailed enough..........2007-05-21

For me this book lacked the information I was seeking. The details were too short. Though the book covered most of the bases of places to go and things to see, the abruptness of what little information there was made me think this book was thrown together and more work could have been put into it. There were no suggested itineraries. I've seen much better books with better recommendations in them. But I've seen worse as well. For the money, this book will get you there. But will you know what to expect after that?

What to do on Long Island.......2006-07-14

The book listed many places and sights and places on the island but was short on just what the places consisted of. I expected the book to suggest some itineraries of interesting jaunts about the island. It was not very helpful to me.

a unique reference at a good price.......2005-09-20

This book lists a lot of local attractions that you won't necessarily find anywhere else. Some are rather remote and special interest (such as the Lake Ronkonkoma Historical Society, which is open only two hours per week and by appointment). Others are more mainstream, such as the Splish Splash water park. I talked to several people who grew up on Long Island after I got this book. Some were unaware of the variety of interesting things available in their own neighborhoods. Don't expect a lot of glitzy pictures at this price. This book is a basic, plain-jane listing of attractions with brief descriptions and basic contact/location/fees information.

Yankee Magazine's Four Seasons of Fun in New England: Editors' Picks for Where to Go and What to Do all Year Long

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Yankee Magazine's Four Seasons of Fun in New England: Editors' Picks for Where to Go and What to Do all Year Long
Collective
Manufacturer: Yankee Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Travel | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0762709456

Book Description

The editors of Yankee Magazine have been providing invaluable travel advice for over 65 years. Here in our latest travel guidebook, Yankee Magazine's Four Seasons of Fun in New England, the editors celebrate every season to its fullest with our best travel ideas. Discover New England's secret gardens in spring, a week of perfect Cape Cod days in summer, cozy ski mountains in winter, and many other surprises.

Here is a sampling of seasonal fun: Spring: white-water rafting, flowers galore, and secrets in Massachusetts hill towns; Summer: New England's best beaches, Robert Frost Territory, and island camping; Fall: scenic country drives, foliage hikes, and Vermont's classic covered bridges; Winter: holiday shopping, White Mountain snow fun, family skiing, and elegant inns.

Yankee Magazine's Four Seasons of Fun in New England pairs the perfect destination with just the right activity for the season. Inside find a year-round feast of adventures from weekend getaways and driving tours to complete vacations.

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LI Sound "Local Knowledge"

Where to go, what to do, how to do it on Long Island Sound
Julius M Wilensky
Manufacturer: Snug Harbor Pub. Co
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

Piloting & Flight Instruction | Aviation | Transportation | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
ASIN: B0006YH0HQ

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LI Sound "Local Knowledge".......2004-11-11

Mr. Wilensky cruised Long Island Sound in a small sailboat. He explored harbors and gunkholes, and notes many hidden anchcorages that a new cruiser would miss.

Of course, the restaurants are either gone or changed. Any prices he mentions are meaningless, and even some of the boatyards and marinas are completely different.

But this book is a fun read. You see the Sound through the author's eyes, and even now, some 30+ years later, it remains a classic.

For a while, Wilensky tried to update the book on an annual or semiannual basis, and several editions are around. The books are spiral-bound and have a waterproof cover.

Where to go, what to do, how to do it on Long Island Sound,: By Julius M. Wilensky

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Where to go, what to do, how to do it on Long Island Sound,: By Julius M. Wilensky
Julius M Wilensky
Manufacturer: Snug Harbor Pub. Co
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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Early-20th-century study takes a look at techniques of subsistence-level farming used by the Hidatsa of North Dakota. Descriptions of how tribe planted, harvested, and stored its food. Of value to modern organic gardeners and farmers, anthropologists, historians, and anyone fascinated by Native American culture. 40 figures; 10 illustrations on 5 plates.

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Growing Corn -- Indian Style .......2007-07-19

This is a unique and irreplaceable book. In the early 20th century, the author interviewed Buffalo Bird, an old Hidasta Indian woman about Indian farming methods in the mid 19th century. The result is a primer on how the Indians grew corn and other crops on the Great Plains. Interspaced with the explanation of agricultural techniques are charming stories, songs, recipes, and ancedotes told by Buffalo Bird. She also describes how the Indians preserved their crop.

The Hidasta lived in North Dakota and this book is a primer on how to garden in the State without recourse to chemical fertilizers, pesticides, or motor powered equipment. The Hidasta grew five crops: corn, beans, squash, sunflower seeds, and tobacco. Their methods of cultivation, storage, and usage of each crop is described, usually with enough detail to be copied by the modern low-impact sustainable agriculturalist. A large number of illustrations and photographs supplement the text and show how the Indians built fences, dug storage pits, dried squash, and laid out their fields.

This book is only about about 150 pages but within its covers is a wealth of practical farming advice and cultural information.

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Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden: Agriculture of the Hidatsa Indians (Borealis)

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How to grow corn -- Indian style
Hidatsa Gardening Techniques
An unique & enduring contricution to Native American studies
Re-enactors and gardeners alike will LOVE this book!

Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden: Agriculture of the Hidatsa Indians (Borealis)
Gilbert L. Wilson
Manufacturer: Minnesota Historical Society Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Agricultural Sciences | Science | Subjects | Books

ASIN: 0873512197

Book Description

Includes sustainable gardening methods from seed preparation to harvest, including the ceremonies, songs, and stories required for a bountiful harvest.

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How to grow corn -- Indian style .......2007-07-19

This is a unique and irreplaceable book. In the early 20th century, the author interviewed Buffalo Bird, an old Hidasta Indian woman about Indian farming methods in the mid 19th century. The result is a primer on how the Indians grew corn and other crops on the Great Plains. Interspaced with the explanation of agricultural techniques are charming stories, songs, recipes, and ancedotes told by Buffalo Bird. She also describes how the Indians preserved their crop.

The Hidasta lived in North Dakota and this book is a primer on how to garden in the State without recourse to chemical fertilizers, pesticides, or motor powered equipment. The Hidasta grew five crops: corn, beans, squash, sunflower seeds, and tobacco. Their methods of cultivation, storage, and usage of each crop is described, usually with enough detail to be copied by the modern low-impact sustainable agriculturalist. A large number of illustrations and photographs supplement the text and show how the Indians built fences, dug storage pits, dried squash, and laid out their fields.

A good introductory essay introduces the Hidasta, Bird Woman, and the author to the reader. The whole book is only about 150 pages, but there's a wealth of cultural and agricultural information here presented in a charming and easy-to-digest format.

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Hidatsa Gardening Techniques.......2003-10-15

A "must have" for anyone who is interested in doing a garden using authentic Native American practices, as used in the tribes in the Missouri Valley area. Details on laying out the garden, maintaining it, food storage, construction of tools, etc. are all included with sufficient clarity for reproduction.

An unique & enduring contricution to Native American studies.......2000-08-07

Originally published in 1917, reissued in 1987, now released again with a new introduction by Jeffrey R. Hansen, Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden presents an agricultural calendar year's activities as remembered by Buffalo Bird Woman, an accomplished Hidatsa gardener born around 1839. Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden was a doctoral dissertation by a man who believed "It is of no importance that an Indian's war costume struck the Puritan as the Devil's scheme to frighten the heart out of the Lord's annointed. What we want to know is why the Indian donned the costume, and his reasons for doing it (p.xix)." Wilson also went on to write Goodbird the Indian His Story and Waheenee: An Indian Girl's Story (biography of Buffalo Bird Woman, 1839-1921). Using biography to study a culture was effective because it highlighted the variety of traumatic cultural shifts, changes, and transmutations painfully experienced by Buffalo Bird Woman and her family. The use of empathy informs the dated, 'superior' dominant culture outlook. Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden has been called a classic anthropological document. It certainly is that and more. As a model of respectful viewing and learning, as a mirror of the complex lifeway of ;the agricultural Plains Indians, as a chronicle of human adaptation, survival and ingenuity in the face of cultural disenfranchisement, Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden sets the bar for the standard. In addition, it gives eloquent testimony to one of the enduring gifts of the Hidatsa - their varieties of corn, squash, beans, and sunflowers. Even more enduring, perhaps, is the contribution highlighted by Jeffrey Hanson: "buffalo Bird Woman's Garden is not the end, but the beginning. It is a foundation, a viewpoint, and it presents a cultural relationship with nature that we can all appreciate and from which we can all derive benefit. (p.xxiii). Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden describes planting, preparation, cultivating, harvesting and storing practices, as well as traditional songs and prayers sung to honor and encourage the garden's yield. Beautifully detailed drawings by her son Edward Goodbird illustrate Buffalo Bird Woman's descriptions of gardening and storing produce and other activities. It is easy to see that modern ethnologists and authors such as W. Michael and Kathleen O'Neal Gear drew fairly heavily from the information presented in Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden. This is an enduring testament to a lifeway revalued today perhaps more as it should be.

Nancy Lorraine, Reviewer

Re-enactors and gardeners alike will LOVE this book!.......2000-07-17

This is a Minnesota Historical Society reprint of the anthropological study done by Gilbert Wilson in 1917, originally published as "Agriculture of the Hidatsa Indians: An Indian Interpretation." Wilson was among the first of a new school of American anthropologists that felt Indian cultures should speak for themselves, and not be spoken for by "white man's" interpretations. Consequently, the book really is, as the subtitle says, "an Indian interpretation." Most of the text is translated directly from Buffalo Bird Woman's own words, complete with stories, jokes, and personal anecdotes about village life. By the time you are done reading it, you will feel as if you met her personally.

I bought it because I am a Minnesota gardener, so I wanted to see what tips I might pick up from the ways of the indigenous people. The book is rich with useful gardening lore, including diagrams of various tools and structures, along with detailed descriptions of the different kinds of beans, corn, and squash that the Indians grew. Plus, there are native recipes you can try.

I was surprised to learn that, when the Indians dried squash, they didn't use mature fruits with hard skins like we do today, but preferred to cut them when they were 4 days old -- at about 3 1/2 inches diameter. They were more tender that way, easier to slice, and they dried better. The best squashes were marked in the field and allowed to mature for seed.

I also found it interesting that the Indians kept the different colors of corn separate, not like the multi-colored "Indian corn" we buy today for fall decorations. Although Buffalo Bird Woman did not understand the science behind genetics, she and her fellow Hidatsa gardeners did notice that corn varieties will "travel" (her word) from one patch to another if different colors are planted too closely together. So, women with adjoining fields would agree to plant the same varieties side-by-side, to help prevent this "traveling."

The Hidatsa women also understood the principles of good seed-saving techniques, and carefully chose seed from the very best squashes and corn ears in the crop, thereby improving their strains from year to year. Composting, however, was apparently unknown. Leaves and brush were burned, not composted, and they regarded manure as a dirty substance to be removed from the garden. But the Hidatsa did know the value of fallowing, and would allow a less-productive field rest a minimum of two years to renew itself.

Some of the techniques in this book are still quite useful today. I have begun pre-spouting my squash seeds, and planting them in the SIDES of the hills instead of on top, to help prevent the heavy rains from damaging the seedlings. Some of the fencing designs have found their way into my rustic Minnesota garden, too.

This book is also a priceless resource for "living history" re-enactors or "back to the land" homesteaders who might want to know how to build a traditional corn-drying platform, a food-storage cache, a homemade rake, or any of the other tools used successfully for many centuries before the Europeans came here. Simply a delightful book!

Book Description

This vivid memoir for young readers, first published in 1914, offers a unique look at the Hidatsa people's early reservation years. In simple and appealing prose, Goodbird describes growing up and learning about traditional skills, religious beliefs, and history during a time of tumultuous change.

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Goodbird the Indian: His Story

Manufacturer: Fleming H. Revell
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000I85I56

Agriculture of the Hidatsa Indians: An Indian Interpretation

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Treasure trove of Native American agricultural ethnohistory

Agriculture of the Hidatsa Indians: An Indian Interpretation
Gilbert L. Wilson , and WAHEENEE
Manufacturer: Ams Pr Inc
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Production & Operations | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

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ASIN: 0404157548

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Treasure trove of Native American agricultural ethnohistory.......2007-03-11

This classic emic account of Hidatsa agriculture is a great source of ethnohistorical data, ranging from descriptions of old men's tobacco gardens to cache pit digging.

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