The signature of all things / (Record no. 14990)

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010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2013017045
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780670024858 (hardcover)
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International Standard Book Number 0670024856 (hardcover)
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Cancelled/invalid ISBN 9780670015856 (export ed.)
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Standard number or code 40022775299
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OCLC library identifier AU@
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OCLC library identifier NZ1
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050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number PS3557.I3415
Item number S54 2013
084 ## - OTHER CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number FIC019000
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100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Gilbert, Elizabeth,
Dates associated with a name 1969-
9 (RLIN) 67227
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The signature of all things /
Statement of responsibility, etc Elizabeth Gilbert.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc New York:
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Viking,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2013.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 501 pages :
Other physical details illustrations ;
Dimensions 24 cm.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Prologue -- Part One. The tree of fevers -- Part Two. The plum of White Acre -- Part Three. The disturbance of messages -- Part Four. The consequence of missions -- Part Five. The curator of mosses.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc " A glorious, sweeping novel of desire, ambition, and the thirst for knowledge, from the # 1 New York Times bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love and Committed. In The Signature of All Things, Elizabeth Gilbert returns to fiction, inserting her inimitable voice into an enthralling story of love, adventure and discovery. Spanning much of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the novel follows the fortunes of the extraordinary Whittaker family as led by the enterprising Henry Whittaker-a poor-born Englishman who makes a great fortune in the South American quinine trade, eventually becoming the richest man in Philadelphia. Born in 1800, Henry's brilliant daughter, Alma (who inherits both her father's money and his mind), ultimately becomes a botanist of considerable gifts herself. As Alma's research takes her deeper into the mysteries of evolution, she falls in love with a man named Ambrose Pike who makes incomparable paintings of orchids and who draws her in the exact opposite direction-into the realm of the spiritual, the divine, and the magical. Alma is a clear-minded scientist; Ambrose a utopian artist-but what unites this unlikely couple is a desperate need to understand the workings of this world and the mechanisms behind all life. Exquisitely researched and told at a galloping pace, The Signature of All Things soars across the globe-from London to Peru to Philadelphia to Tahiti to Amsterdam, and beyond. Along the way, the story is peopled with unforgettable characters: missionaries, abolitionists, adventurers, astronomers, sea captains, geniuses, and the quite mad. But most memorable of all, it is the story of Alma Whittaker, who-born in the Age of Enlightenment, but living well into the Industrial Revolution-bears witness to that extraordinary moment in human history when all the old assumptions about science, religion, commerce, and class were exploding into dangerous new ideas. Written in the bold, questing spirit of that singular time, Gilbert's wise, deep, and spellbinding tale is certain to capture the hearts and minds of readers. "--
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc "Spanning much of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the novel follows the fortunes of the extraordinary Whittaker family as led by the enterprising Henry Whittaker--a poor-born Englishman who makes a great fortune in the South American quinine trade, eventually becoming the richest man in Philadelphia. Born in 1800, Henry's brilliant daughter, Alma (who inherits both her father's money and his mind), ultimately becomes a botanist of considerable gifts herself. As Alma's research takes her deeper into the mysteries of evolution, she falls in love with a man named Ambrose Pike who makes incomparable paintings of orchids and who draws her in the exact opposite direction--into the realm of the spiritual, the divine, and the magical. Alma is a clear-minded scientist; Ambrose a utopian artist--but what unites this unlikely couple is a desperate need to understand the workings of this world and the mechanisms behind all life. he story is peopled with unforgettable characters: missionaries, abolitionists, adventurers, astronomers, sea captains, geniuses, and the quite mad. But most memorable of all, it is the story of Alma Whittaker, who--born in the Age of Enlightenment, but living well into the Industrial Revolution--bears witness to that extraordinary moment in human history when all the old assumptions about science, religion, commerce, and class were exploding into dangerous new ideas"--
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Women botanists
Form subdivision Fiction.
9 (RLIN) 67228
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Painters
Form subdivision Fiction.
9 (RLIN) 67229
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Enlightenment
Form subdivision Fiction.
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650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Industrial revolution
Form subdivision Fiction.
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650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element FICTION / Literary.
Source of heading or term bisacsh
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650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element FICTION / Historical.
Source of heading or term bisacsh
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650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Biographischer Roman.
Source of heading or term gnd
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650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Amerikanisches Englisch.
Source of heading or term gnd
9 (RLIN) 67233
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Historischer Roman.
Source of heading or term gnd
9 (RLIN) 67234
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Botanikerin.
Source of heading or term gnd
9 (RLIN) 67235
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Enlightenment.
Source of heading or term fast
9 (RLIN) 67236
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Industrial revolution.
Source of heading or term fast
9 (RLIN) 67237
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Painters.
Source of heading or term fast
9 (RLIN) 6339
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Women botanists.
Source of heading or term fast
9 (RLIN) 67238
655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM
Genre/form data or focus term Historical fiction.
Source of term gsafd
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655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM
Genre/form data or focus term Fiction.
Source of term fast
9 (RLIN) 67239
856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="https://depts.washington.edu/hortlib/book/the-signature-of-all-things/">https://depts.washington.edu/hortlib/book/the-signature-of-all-things/</a>
Link text Miller Library review
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    Library of Congress Classification     Elisabeth C. Miller Library Elisabeth C. Miller Library Tall Shelves 01/17/2014 5 3 SB455 .G55 2013 39352800145153 05/16/2024 04/04/2024 04/04/2024 01/17/2014 Lending Books

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