Praise for Ginseng, the Divine Root:

"Adventurous." —Booklist

A "fascinating tour... a master storyteller." —Library Journal

"An engaging cultural history." —The Brooklyn Eagle

"An excellent job. I would highly recommend this book ... reminds me of Michael Pollan, author of The Botany of Desire and The Omnivore's Dilemma" —Herbalgram

"An intelligent, wide-ranging account." —Publishers Weekly

"Ginseng, the Divine Root is one of those rare works that remind us what an endlessly surprising place the world is..." —The Boston Globe

"Taylor has a gift for capturing the colorful characters along his journey. Ginseng, the Divine Root chronicles ... much about this plant and even more about human nature." —Orion

"One of the most fascinating garden-oriented books I’ve read." —London Free Press

"Like John McPhee, Taylor has the ability to turn nonfiction into a story with many plot turns and surprises... [A]fter reading this book, you’ll scan the forest floor a bit more diligently." —Winston-Salem Journal

"Taylor knits these diverse aspects of the plant’s influence, as well as his visits to ginseng haunts, into a charged historical narrative his book approaches having as powerful an effect on the imagination as that strange, puckered root." —American Geographical Society