American Green: The Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Lawn

AMERICAN GREEN
The Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Lawn
By Ted Steinberg
Illustrated. 295 pages. W. W. Norton & Company. $24.95.

Many of the approximately 60 million Americans with lawns can understand the feeling. A well-tended yard is not only personal territory, to be defended unto death, but also a work of art. Like a painting, it has form and color. Like a child, it is alive. No wonder feelings run high, and the lawn, as a canvas for personal expression, engages the suburban American male at the deepest possible level. Americans like Jerry Tucker, who turned his yard into a replica of the 12th hole at Augusta National Golf Club.

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