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| Stalking The Healthful Herbs | 
 enlarge | Author: Euell Gibbons
Publisher: "Hood, Alan C. & Company, Inc."
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 273049
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 301
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 0911469060
Dewey Decimal Number: 581.63
EAN: 9780911469066
ASIN: 0911469060
Publication Date: January 1, 1966
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| Customer Reviews:
 Excellent book July 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you have read Euell Gibbon's "Stalking the wild asparagus", then you'll love this book like I do. Euell was the original forager, a true expert. A must have for any foraging enthusiast.
Best of the best... September 2, 2005
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
A hundred years from now, I believe, the Gibbons books will still be regarded as first-rate texts. The science is, if not impeccable, supportive of Gibbons' readable and magnetic approach to edibles. He's a charmer, but not self-consciously so. His charm is in his love for the subject, and his expertise. Too bad Johnny Carson made a bit of a clown out of him, because he was anything but a clown. "Stalking the Wild Asparagus" is the centerpiece of his output; indispensable for anyone with any level of interest in the subject.
 Disappointing July 13, 2005
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This would have been much better with more illustrations. Only about half of the plants that he reviews are illustrated, leading the novice to wonder if the 'weeds' growing in her garden are actually the marvelous chickweed, or something else.
One of Euell Gibbons best, back in print February 21, 2001
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
The original "Stalking the wild..." editions went out of print some years ago and that was a shame. Nobody but a character like Euell Gibbons could write such a downhome book that passed on folk wisdom and botany in a delightful way.I actually prefer this book to "Asparagus" because it is a bit more useful. For example, if you live nearly anywhere in middle America, violet leaves pop up in your lawn and garden. They're readily available and easy to find. And he gives uses for cucumber-scented borage, which you can actually plant from seeds. This herb now is a top seller for its healthful oil-rich seeds that contain linoleic acid. If borage doesn't grow in your fields, you can put it in your herb garden. He gives great ideas for violets, borage, mint and other herbs either readily found or available to grow. Careful however; some of the wild herbs look alike; most dangerously hemlock and parsley, angelica and other members of the carrot family look alike with their feathery fronds. Best to take a course in plant identification at the local community college if you are collecting these.
Review By Texas Gulf coast Herbalist, (hobby) January 15, 1998
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
I own the original. And am thrilled to see it reprinted. Gibbons was the virtuoso of the herbal heyday, and his stories of nature, and his naturalist outlook, will enthrall you as much as the herbs you'll learn about. He is, and will allways remain, part of this foragers life, even though I never knew him personaly.
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