Devoured: The Extraordinary Story of Kudzu, the Vine That Ate the South -- Ayurella Horn-Muller, Hardcover Rachel Roddy On a cold snow drift

On a cold snow drift

Track: 3 - Bring the Curtain Down 2:32

Icky the inventor has gotten himself into a sticky mess

playing a take-no-prisoners

Devoured: The Extraordinary Story of Kudzu, the Vine That Ate the South -- Ayurella Horn-Muller, Hardcover Rachel Roddy On a cold snow driftKudzu abounds across the American South. Introduced in the United States in the 1800s as a solution for soil erosion, this invasive vine with Eastern Asian origins came to be known as a pernicious invader capable of smothering everything in its path. To many, the plant's enduring legacy has been its villainous role as the "vine that ate the South." But for a select few, it has begun to signify something else entirely. In its roots, a network of people