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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 |
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diary of Isaac Sprague; Audubon's "George Catlin" powder horn from the upper Missouri expedition; "The pet bear" : an unpublished episode.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first accurate transcription of John James Audubon's 1843 journals, which includes recently discovered and previously unpublished journal entries detailing his last expedition along the upper Missouri River"--Provided by publisher.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 |
ISBN: | 0-8032-9483-2 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910465966203321 |
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