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The Missouri River journals of John James Audubon / John James Audubon ; edited and with original commentary by Daniel Patterson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Audubon, John James, 1785-1851, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Scientific expeditions--Missouri River Valley--History--19th century.
- Scientific expeditions.
- Naturalists--United States--Diaries.
- Naturalists.
- Wildlife artists--United States--Diaries.
- Wildlife artists.
- Natural history--Missouri River Valley.
- Natural history.
- River steamers--Missouri River--History--19th century.
- River steamers.
- Missouri River Valley--Description and travel.
- Missouri River Valley.
- Missouri River--Description and travel.
- Missouri River.
- Audubon, John James, 1785-1851--Diaries.
- Audubon, John James.
- Audubon, John James, 1785-1851--Travel--Missouri River Valley.
- Audubon, John James, 1785-1851--Ethics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (508 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln, [Nebraska] ; London, [England] : University of Nebraska Press, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "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first accurate transcription of John James Audubon's 1843 journals, which includes recently discovered and previously unpublished journal entries detailing his last expedition along the upper Missouri River"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 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diary of Isaac Sprague; Audubon's "George Catlin" powder horn from the upper Missouri expedition; "The pet bear" : an unpublished episode.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780803294837
- 0803294832
- OCLC:
- 945875180
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