Format:
xxviii, 445 Seiten, 16 ungezählte Blätter
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Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:
9780803294837
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9780803244986
Content:
"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first accurate transcription of John James Audubon's 1843 journals, which includes recently discovered and previously unpublished journal entries detailing his last expedition along the upper Missouri River"--
Content:
"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first accurate transcription of John James Audubon's 1843 journals, which includes recently discovered and previously unpublished journal entries detailing his last expedition along the upper Missouri River"--Provided by publisher
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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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diary of Isaac Sprague; Audubon's "George Catlin" powder horn from the upper Missouri expedition; "The pet bear" : an unpublished episode.
Language:
English
Subjects:
Geography
Keywords:
Audubon, John James 1785-1851
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Missouri
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Tagebuch
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Audubon, John James 1785-1851
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Missouri
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Tagebuch
Author information:
Audubon, John James 1785-1851
Author information:
Patterson, Daniel 1953-
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