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, >
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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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| 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 | |
| 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diary of Isaac Sprague; Audubon's "George Catlin" powder horn from the upper Missouri expedition; "The pet bear" : an unpublished episode.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.: | 9910813902103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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