Cattail Moonshine & Milkweed Medicine: The Curious Stories of 43 Amazing North American Native Plants

by Tammi Hartung

International Herb Association's 2017 Thomas DeBaggio Book Award Winner
2016 Silver Nautilus Book Award Winner

History, literature, and botany meet in this charming tour of how humans have relied on plants to nourish, shelter, heal, clothe, and even entertain us. Did you know that during World War II, the US Navy paid kids to collect milkweed's fluffy white floss, which was then used as filling for life preservers? And Native...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 161212660X
• ISBN13: 9781612126609
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Storey Publishing
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.1" x 7.6"