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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813902103321

Autore

Audubon John James <1785-1851, >

Titolo

The Missouri River journals of John James Audubon / / John James Audubon ; edited and with original commentary by Daniel Patterson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, [Nebraska] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Nebraska Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-8032-9483-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (508 p.)

Disciplina

508.092

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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



from the upper Missouri expedition; "The pet bear" : an unpublished episode.

Sommario/riassunto

"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first accurate transcription of John James Audubon's 1843 journals, which includes recently discovered and previously unpublished journal entries detailing his last expedition along the upper Missouri River"--Provided by publisher.