The Tulip is a book full of centuries of information presented in a fresh manner. Author, Anna Pavord, had two main objectives when writing this book. Primarily she wrote it to a country that lacked simple flower knowledge. For the most part, Americans don't know a whole lot about flowers or plants; how to take care of them, let alone their history. In the book, Pavord unveils a flower with ease. We follow her as she educates us from its humble begins in central Asia to its boom and bust in Holland. Pavord wrote this book to expose new people to the history of the tulip by means of a somewhat novel. Secondly, she wrote this book to those who already know about flowers, especially the tulip. Pavord took the bland history and added bright language to compliment the flower she was writing about. For those who know about the tulip, she did this so you could see a new and revised prospective. To maybe gain some insight you never would have noticed.
             The genre for the book is informative. It's evident that Pavord has scrupulously researched every chapter, even every page. In writing this book she took no short cuts and included everything. Of all genres, The Tulip without a doubt falls into the informative genre.
             There is a wide range of people who would like The Tulip. Although I think the audience to which this book is directed is to adults who have an interest but do not know a lot about the tulip or to people who know about the tulip but would like to know more and have it offered in an interesting way. The groups are the target audiences but there are certainly exceptions. Any high school student with an interest with popular history would like this book and learn something too; I know I did. If you are a gardener you would like this book also. A gardener would feel joy the next time he planted a tulip knowing that it was indeed a flower that "has made men mad".
            
            
            
            
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