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From ages 10 to 20, Craig Thompson (the author of Blankets) and his little brother Phil, toiled in Wisconsin farms. Weeding and harvesting ginseng--an exotic medicinal herb that fetched huge profits in China--funded Craig's youthful obsession with comic books. Comics in turn, allowed him to escape his rural, working class trappings. Now, for the first time in his career, Thompson is working in serial form, in a bimonthly comic book series. Part memoir, part travelogue, part essay--all comic book--Ginseng Roots explores class divide, agriculture, holistic healing, the 300 year long trade relationship between China and North America, childhood labor, and the bond between two brothers. Set of six pamphlet comic books.
The harvesting of wild American ginseng (panax quinquefolium), the gnarled, aromatic herb known for its therapeutic and healing properties, is deeply established in North America and has played an especially vital role in the southern and central Appalachian Mountains. Traded through a trans-Pacific network that connected the region to East Asian markets, ginseng was but one of several medicinal Appalachian plants that entered international webs of exchange. As the production of patent medicines and botanical pharmaceutical products escalated in the mid- to late-nineteenth century, southern Appalachia emerged as the United States' most prolific supplier of many species of medicinal plants. The region achieved this distinction because of its biodiversity and the persistence of certain common rights that guaranteed widespread access to the forested mountainsides, regardless of who owned the land. Following the Civil War, root digging and herb gathering became one of the most important ways landless families and small farmers earned income from the forest commons. This boom influenced class relations, gender roles, forest use, and outside perceptions of Appalachia, and began a widespread renegotiation of common rights that eventually curtailed access to ginseng and other plants. Based on extensive research into the business records of mountain entrepreneurs, country stores, and pharmaceutical companies, Ginseng Diggers: A History of Root and Herb Gathering in Appalachia is the first book to unearth the unique relationship between the Appalachian region and the global trade in medicinal plants. Historian Luke Manget expands our understanding of the gathering commons by exploring how and why Appalachia became the nation's premier purveyor of botanical drugs in the late-nineteenth century and how the trade influenced the way residents of the region interacted with each other and the forests around them.
A visual diary and travel sketchbook chronicles two months of the artist's wanderings through Africa and Europe.
As a child, Jessie Lockwood spent many hours helping her mother, Mariah, count the endangered ginseng plants hidden in the local woods of Deep Down, Kentucky. There she learned to appreciate the tiny Appalachian town--and ginseng's healing powers. Now a PhD, she's made her home in Lexington, even though that meant leaving Deep Down and her beloved mother--and Sheriff Drew Webb, the man she secretly loved. When Jessie is notified that her mother never returned from her last walk in the woods, she comes home to Deep Down--and to Drew. As Jessie and Drew race to find her mother, several suspects emerge: an agent for those who market the herb for its life-giving properties; Mariah's disgruntled suitor; and an old Cherokee desperate to protect the sacred tribal herb. In the mist of legend and fear, only two things make sense to Jessie. At any cost, she is desperate to find her mother. And she can't help falling desperately in love with Drew all over again.
A short visual guide to the plants most commonly mistaken for American ginseng. Includes: Virginia creeper, Ohio buckeye, poison ivy, elm, hickory, and wild strawberry.
Natural Medicine: Man's ability to heal himself! In this series of alternative medicine books, we will learn together about many medicinal herbal treatments Natural medicine is a group of methods that indicate that a person can heal himself through assistive means. Including: medicinal herbs, prescription medicine, food additives, physical activity, and others. Since time immemorial, man has sought in various ways and methods to treat himself from the various medical problems that he afflicts. Even after modern medicine as we know it appeared, people still search for other ways to heal themselves. One of the alternative methods that man has found is natural healing, that is, self-healing, based on the belief in man's ability to treat himself. Natural medicine methods arose from various streams of alternative medicine, dating back to the 18th and 19th centuries, where Dr. John Schell developed this concept in 1895. However, the roots of this method can be found in Hippocrates, who opposed the superstitions that people believed in and that It can heal man, as he claimed, contrary to them, that only man and nature can heal man. Natural medicine is a group of methods that believe that a person can heal himself through assistive means. These methods can be: medicinal herbs, prescription medication, a proper diet, food additives, physical activity and treating the sensitive side of the problem. The claim is that through these means a person can avoid and combat the effects of unhealthy food, external infections, lack of physical activity, etc., as these effects lead a person to live in an unhealthy lifestyle, of course, while natural medicine methods can help in influencing the disease. These factors are to be faced. Naturopaths claim that since man is a part of nature, he can heal himself, as only natural means can heal man. Thus, a person can exploit his natural abilities to heal himself. Nature gives man the necessary support to heal his body, and thus strengthens him. This process is long-term and requires a person to change his behavior and thinking patterns. This maintains his health and balance and allows him to protect himself from external factors that may pose a danger to him. It is important to say that these aids should be used as supplements only and not as main means. Otherwise, the human body will suffer from deficiency. For example, nutritional supplements do not replace food itself. Physical exercise does not replace good sleep. In order to conduct effective and sound treatment, the goals that must be achieved and the principles that must be followed must be determined, and then implemented in stages. It should be noted that there are quite a few criticisms of this method. The basic claim is that these means of assistance are insufficient, and that the majority of patients who are treated in this way still refrain from receiving traditional treatment despite suffering from the disease, which exposes them to the risk of being too late for them and their chances of recovery. In order to receive the correct treatment with naturopathic medicine, you should consult a qualified naturopathic specialist and obtain all the necessary information from him, and understand what naturopathic treatment is. In order for the treatment to be successful, it must be performed continuously, diligently and carefully. In cases of illness or severe pain, you must go to the treating physician before the situation deteriorates, because then nothing will be possible to do to save the patient's body, or his psychology in other cases.
Blankets is the story of a young man coming of age and finding the confidence to express his creative voice. Craig Thompson's poignant graphic memoir plays out against the backdrop of a Midwestern winterscape: finely-hewn linework draws together a portrait of small town life, a rigorously fundamentalist Christian childhood, and a lonely, emotionally mixed-up adolescence. Under an engulfing blanket of snow, Craig and Raina fall in love at winter church camp, revealing to one another their struggles with faith and their dreams of escape. Over time though, their personal demons resurface and their relationship falls apart. It's a universal story, and Thompson's vibrant brushstrokes and unique page designs make the familiar heartbreaking all over again. This groundbreaking graphic novel, winner of two Eisner and three Harvey Awards, is an eloquent portrait of adolescent yearning; first love (and first heartache); faith in crisis; and the process of moving beyond all of that. Beautifully rendered in pen and ink, Thompson has created a love story that lasts.
From the internationally acclaimed author of Blankets (“A triumph for the genre.”—Library Journal), a highly anticipated new graphic novel. Sprawling across an epic landscape of deserts, harems, and modern industrial clutter, Habibi tells the tale of Dodola and Zam, refugee child slaves bound to each other by chance, by circumstance, and by the love that grows between them. We follow them as their lives unfold together and apart; as they struggle to make a place for themselves in a world (not unlike our own) fueled by fear, lust, and greed; and as they discover the extraordinary depth—and frailty—of their connection. At once contemporary and timeless, Habibi gives us a love story of astounding resonance: a parable about our relationship to the natural world, the cultural divide between the first and third worlds, the common heritage of Christianity and Islam, and, most potently, the magic of storytelling.
Highly-acclaimed graphic novelist Craig Thompson's debut book for young readers about a plucky heroine on a mission to save her dad. For Violet Marlocke, family is the most important thing in the whole galaxy. So when her father goes missing while on a hazardous job, she can't just sit around and do nothing. To get him back, Violet throws caution to the stars and sets out with a group of misfit friends on a quest to find him. But space is vast and dangerous, and she soon discovers that her dad is in big, BIG trouble. With her father's life on the line, nothing is going to stop Violet from trying to rescue him and keep her family together.Visionary graphic novel creator Craig Thompson brings all of his wit, warmth, and humor to create a brilliantly drawn story for all ages. Set in a distant yet familiar future, Space Dumplins weaves themes of family, friendship, and loyalty into a grand space adventure filled with quirky aliens, awesome spaceships, and sharp commentary on our environmentally challenged world.