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Daffodil : the biography of a flower
- Title
- Daffodil : the biography of a flower / Helen O'Neill.
- Author
- O'Neill, Helen M.
- Publication
- Sydney, N.S.W. HarperCollinsPublishers Australia, 2016.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 17-2527 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 253 pages : color illustrations; 22 cm
- Summary
- A beautifully illustrated, visually lush and intriguing book about the world's most popular and most powerful flower. The daffodil is the beautiful first flower of spring, the inspiration of poets, a treasure-trove to scientists and a symbol of everything from unrequited love, rebirth, eternal life and misfortune. Over centuries, the daffodil has been so many things to so many people: it was called 'Narcissus' by the Greeks and prized by the Romans as guarantee of passage to the Underworld; it was used by medieval Arabs and ancient Chinese for its medicinal properties and it has inspired poets, lovers, artists and scientists down the ages. But in telling the story of the daffodil, what award-winning, best-selling writer Helen O'Neill is really telling is the story of humanity. It's a narrative of progress from superstition and myth, taking in politics, greed, religion, science, chance, redemption and love. But, appropriately enough for a flower that is now used on a worldwide basis to raise funds for cancer research, it is, above all, a story of hope. Moving, fascinating, eloquent, and also beautiful.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-239) and index.
- Call Number
- JFD 17-2527
- ISBN
- 9780732299200
- 0732299209
- OCLC
- 928619970
- Author
- O'Neill, Helen M., author.
- Title
- Daffodil : the biography of a flower / Helen O'Neill.
- Publisher
- Sydney, N.S.W. HarperCollinsPublishers Australia, 2016.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-239) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 17-2527