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



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Autore: Audubon John James <1785-1851, > Visualizza persona
Titolo: The Missouri River journals of John James Audubon / / John James Audubon ; edited and with original commentary by Daniel Patterson Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Lincoln, [Nebraska] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Nebraska Press, , 2016
©2016
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (508 p.)
Disciplina: 508.092
Soggetto topico: 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
Soggetto geografico: Missouri River Valley Description and travel
Missouri River Description and travel
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Persona (resp. second.): PattersonDaniel <1953->
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diary of Isaac Sprague; Audubon's "George Catlin" powder horn from the upper Missouri expedition; "The pet bear" : an unpublished episode.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first accurate transcription of John James Audubon's 1843 journals, which includes recently discovered and previously unpublished journal entries detailing his last expedition along the upper Missouri River"--Provided by publisher.
Titolo autorizzato: The Missouri River journals of John James Audubon  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8032-9483-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910465966203321
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