The Forgotten Botanist: Sara Plummer Lemmon's Life of Science and Art by Wynne BrownMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
A fascinating biography of Sara Plummer-Lemmon. She was quite an independent woman for the time, the mid-1800s. Leaving home at age 33 in 1870 she travelled alone by ship to California from New York City. Her heath was poor and the dryer climate would allow her to live a longer life. She lead a full life, even getting married at the late age of 43. But her work is what sets her apart, an artist and botanist.
Sara is responsible for getting the California government to make the California Poppy it's state flower. Just one of her many accomplishments. Also, was the first to start a public library in Santa Barbara. Fascinating woman!
While I enjoyed the book, the narrator not so much. Her inflections in the reading were a bit off for my taste. Normally I can get used to a narrator's speaking patter, but I had a very hard time with this one, but I was too interested to hear about the subject I kept with it.
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