Wasp and The Orchid

'An engaging...vividly created window onto the life of an impressive woman and her times.' Sydney Morning Herald Have you met Mrs Edith Coleman? If not you must - I am sure you will like her - she's just A1 and a splendid naturalist. In 1922, a 48-year-old housewife from Blackburn delivered her first paper, on native Australian orchids, to the Field Naturalist's Club of Victoria. An avid gardener, self-taught former schoolteacher Edith Coleman went on to become the foremost female naturalist and nature writer of her generation. She kept echidnas at the breakfast table, and arachnids in the bedroom. She travelled across Australia in pursuit of its flora and fauna and even corrected Charles Darwin. Yet today she is almost entirely forgotten, save by a handful of scientists and naturalists. In a twenty-year quest, award-winning writer and zoologist Danielle Clode set out to uncover Edith's story, bringing her celebration of Australian nature and landscape back into the light where it belongs. '[A] brilliant biography' Australian Women's Weekly 'Danielle Clode breathes life into the story of Edith Coleman... an approachable blend of biography, science, nature writing and social history.' Adelaide Advertiser 'Undoubtedly a remarkable woman' Weekend Australian.

ISBN: 9781760784300
Author: Clode, Danielle
Publication date: 26/02/2019
Format: Paperback
Pages: 432
Dimension: 233mm X 154mm