Three Acres and Liberty
Bolton Hall’s historical book on small plots, growing and land economics: 171 illustrated A4 pages, with reader guides and a separately marked 1918 supplement.
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Gardening & Garden History
Historical books about growing food and the people who organised that work. Charles Lathrop Pack’s The War Garden Victorious follows the American First World War gardening campaign, while Bolton Hall’s Three Acres and Liberty considers small plots, crops and the economics of working land. Restored text, original illustrations and clearly marked reader guides make these older books easier to explore. They are historical documents, not current gardening, pesticide or food-preservation manuals. Their practical directions, costs and promised yields belong to their own period.
The War Garden Victorious
An illustrated 282-page edition of Pack’s 1919 account of America’s war gardens, with its two original gardening and preservation pamphlets and reader guides.
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