The signature of all things : a novel
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East Flagstaff Public Library - Fiction
F GILBERT, ELIZABETH
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F GILBERT, ELIZABETH
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F GILBERT, ELIZABETH
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F GILBERT, ELIZABETH
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Botanical artists -- Fiction.
Botanical drug industry -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Botanical illustration -- Fiction.
Evolution -- History -- Fiction.
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Plant collectors -- Fiction.
Spiritualism -- Fiction.
Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island)
Women botanists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. -- Fiction.
Botanical drug industry -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Botanical illustration -- Fiction.
Evolution -- History -- Fiction.
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Plant collectors -- Fiction.
Spiritualism -- Fiction.
Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island)
Women botanists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. -- Fiction.
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Book
Physical Desc
501 pages : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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"Spanning much of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the novel follows the fortunes of the extraordinary Whittaker family as led by the enterprising Henry Whittaker--a poor-born Englishman who makes a great fortune in the South American quinine trade, eventually becoming the richest man in Philadelphia. Born in 1800, Henry's brilliant daughter, Alma (who inherits both her father's money and his mind), ultimately becomes a botanist of considerable gifts herself. As Alma's research takes her deeper into the mysteries of evolution, she falls in love with a man named Ambrose Pike who makes incomparable paintings of orchids and who draws her in the exact opposite direction--into the realm of the spiritual, the divine, and the magical. Alma is a clear-minded scientist; Ambrose a utopian artist--but what unites this unlikely couple is a desperate need to understand the workings of this world and the mechanisms behind all life..." --Publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Gilbert, E. (2013). The signature of all things: a novel . Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gilbert, Elizabeth, 1969-. 2013. The Signature of All Things: A Novel. Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gilbert, Elizabeth, 1969-. The Signature of All Things: A Novel Viking, 2013.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Gilbert, Elizabeth. The Signature of All Things: A Novel Viking, 2013.
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