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020 a| 9780593700778q| hardcover;

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100 1 a| Thompson, Craig,d| 1975-e| author,e| artist.1| https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJqQydmJKyCwbmpBPrbPQq=| ^A599836;

245 10 a| Ginseng roots :b| a memoir /c| Craig Thompson.;

250 a| First edition.;

264 1 a| New York :b| Pantheon,c| [2025];

300 a| 447 pages :b| illustrations (chiefly color) ;c| 24 cm;

336 a| textb| txt2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediatedb| n2| rdamedia;

338 a| volumeb| nc2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-443).;

500 a| "Originally published in serialized form by Uncivilized Books between 2019 and 2023.";

520 a| "From the celebrated author of Blankets and Habibi comes a long-awaited return to the graphic memoir form. Ginseng Roots follows Craig Thompson and his siblings-who spent the summers of their youth weeding and harvesting rows of coveted American ginseng on rural Wisconsin farms for one dollar an hour-and interweaves this lost youth with the three-hundred-year history of the global ginseng trade and the many lives it has tied together. Stretching from Marathon, Wisconsin, to northeast China, Ginseng Roots charts the rise of industrial agriculture, the decline of American labor, and the search for a sense of home in a rapidly changing world"--c| Provided by publisher.;

600 10 a| Thompson, Craig,d| 1975-v| Comic books, strips, etc.=| ^A599836;

650 0 a| Farm lifez| Wisconsinv| Comic books, strips, etc.=| ^A47848;

650 0 a| Ginsengv| Comic books, strips, etc.=| ^A229007;

650 0 a| Working classv| Comic books, strips, etc.=| ^A35217;

650 0 a| Medicine, Chinesev| Comic books, strips, etc.=| ^A51865;

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Ginseng roots : a memoir / Craig Thompson.

Author/creator	Thompson, Craig, 1975- author, artist.
Format	Book
Edition	First edition.
Publication	New York : Pantheon, [2025]
Description	447 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Subjects	Thompson, Craig, 1975---Comic books, strips, etc. Cartoonists--United States. --Biography. --Comic books, strips, etc. Farm life--Wisconsin. --Comic books, strips, etc. Ginseng--Comic books, strips, etc. Working class--Comic books, strips, etc. Medicine, Chinese--Comic books, strips, etc.

Contents	Real ginseng runs -- Sisters species -- Broad stripes -- Rock(s) & Roll(ie) -- Magga -- Good seed sinks -- No more cartoons -- Father Abraham -- Dark night of the soil -- Insam respects -- Red thread -- Agricultural appreciation.
Abstract	"From the celebrated author of Blankets and Habibi comes a long-awaited return to the graphic memoir form. Ginseng Roots follows Craig Thompson and his siblings-who spent the summers of their youth weeding and harvesting rows of coveted American ginseng on rural Wisconsin farms for one dollar an hour-and interweaves this lost youth with the three-hundred-year history of the global ginseng trade and the many lives it has tied together. Stretching from Marathon, Wisconsin, to northeast China, Ginseng Roots charts the rise of industrial agriculture, the decline of American labor, and the search for a sense of home in a rapidly changing world"-- Provided by publisher.
General note	"Originally published in serialized form by Uncivilized Books between 2019 and 2023."
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-443).
Genre/form	Autobiographical comics.
Genre/form	Nonfiction comics.
Genre/form	Graphic novels.
Genre/form	Bandes dessinées autobiographiques.
Genre/form	Bandes dessinées autres que de fiction.
LCCN	2025001992
ISBN	9780593700778 hardcover
ISBN	0593700775 hardcover

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