Visionary quests to return to the Garden of Eden have shaped Western culture from Columbus' voyages to today's tropical island retreats. Few narratives are so powerful - and, as Carolyn Merchant shows, so misguided and destructive - as the dream of recapturing a lost paradise.A sweeping account of these quixotic endeavors by one of America's leading environmentalists, 'Reinventing Eden' traces the idea of rebuilding the primeval garden from its origins to its latest incarnations in shopping mall