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Audubon John James <1785-1851, > |
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Titolo |
The Missouri River journals of John James Audubon / / John James Audubon ; edited and with original commentary by Daniel Patterson |
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Lincoln, [Nebraska] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Nebraska Press, , 2016 |
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©2016 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (508 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Scientific expeditions - Missouri River Valley - History - 19th century |
Naturalists - United States |
Wildlife artists - United States |
Natural history - Missouri River Valley |
River steamers - Missouri River - History - 19th century |
Missouri River Valley Description and travel |
Missouri River Description and travel |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Part 1. Maria Rebecca Audubon, her grandfather's 1843 upper Missouri River journals, and "The great auk speech" -- Part II. Audubon's upper Missouri River expedition of 1843 -- His eminence -- Preparations -- Minnie's Land to St. Louis, March 11-28 -- St. Louis, March 28-April 24 -- St. Louis to the Yellowstone and Fort Union, April 25-June 12 -- Fort Union and the prairies, June 13-August 15 -- Fort Union to St. Louis, August 16-October 19 -- St. Louis to Minnie's Land, October 22-November 7 -- Part III. The three forgotten manuscript journals -- Editorial principles -- The Beinecke partial copy, August 5-13 -- The original field notebook and the Newberry partial copy -- Part IV. Audubon's conservation ethic reconsidered : an analytical history -- How his hunting and conservation ethic have been represented in the biographies -- The lived ethic -- The written ethic -- Epilogue -- Part V. Appendixes: Editorial principles; The 1843 diary of John G. Bell; The 1843 diary of Isaac Sprague; Audubon's "George Catlin" powder horn |
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from the upper Missouri expedition; "The pet bear" : an unpublished episode. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"The first accurate transcription of John James Audubon's 1843 journals, which includes recently discovered and previously unpublished journal entries detailing his last expedition along the upper Missouri River"--Provided by publisher. |
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