Seeds: One Man's Serendipitous Journey to Find the Trees That Inspired Famous American Writers from Faulkner to Kerouac,, (Paperback)

from JBD1

Not a terrible idea in theory (finding seeds from trees associated with famous authors), but poorly executed. Horan does very little to connect the authors to the trees, except by their physical proximity, and the book ends up being more about his trips (and his snarky comments about the places h...

from JBD1

Not a terrible idea in theory (finding seeds from trees associated with famous authors), but poorly executed. Horan does very little to connect the authors to the trees, except by their physical proximity, and the book ends up being more about his trips (and his snarky comments about the places h...

from Rayaowen

Such an interesting concept. So poorly written. I was expecting a tale of the links between the famous people and their trees. There was nothing of the sort. I was really put off by the author's constant reference to himself and his travel mates. The only thing that kept me pushing through to the...

from poetreegirl

Horan travels across the US to visit the homes of famous authors. He collects seeds from the oldest "witness trees" that may have influenced or been a part of the authors lives to plant at home. Filled with intersting history and beautifully descriptive prose, this is a must read for literature l...