{"product_id":"seeds-9780061861680","title":"Seeds","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Seeds reads like the best of a roundtable discussion amongst John Muir, Bill Bryson, and David Sedaris. From the fields of Gettysburg to the home of Kerouac, Horan takes an unlikely premise and weaves it into a story that's poignant, insightful and unexpectedly humorous. This is more than a book about seeds--it's about literary heroes, forensic forestry, and self-discovery.\" --Spike Carlsen, author of \u003cem\u003eA Splintered History of Wood\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Orchid Thief\u003c\/em\u003e meets \u003cem\u003eBotany of Desire\u003c\/em\u003e meets \u003cem\u003eDriving Einstein's Brain\u003c\/em\u003e in Richard Horan's \u003cem\u003eSeeds\u003c\/em\u003e, the chronicle of one man's quest to understand the influence and impact of trees in American life and literature--and his mission to collect seeds from the homes of Kerouac, Welty, Wharton, Kesey and twenty other authors, to preserve the literary legacy of American forests for generations to come. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHoran, Richard:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eRichard Horan is a novelist, English teacher, and book reviewer for several national publications. His novel \u003cem\u003eGoose Music\u003c\/em\u003e was a finalist for the Great Lakes Fiction Award and won the ForeWord Book of the Year Bronze Medal. He is also the author of \u003cem\u003eSeeds: One Man's Serendipitous Journey to Find the Trees That Inspired Famous American Writers from Faulkner to Kerouac, Welty to Wharton\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in Oswego, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50317910769938,"sku":"9780061861680","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ba8589b7-f87b-4389-ab7d-d7769b8c329a.jpg?v=1727542661","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/seeds-9780061861680","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}