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Letters written from America 1849-1853 / Leo Lesquereux ; translation from the French, H. Dwight Page ; biography and illustrations, Donald G. Tritt ; introduction and editing, Wendy Everham.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks E 166 .L64 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lesquereux, Leo, 1806-1889.
- Series:
- Swiss American Historical Society special publication ; no. 26.
- Swiss American Historical Society special publication ; no. 26
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Lesquereux, Leo, 1806-1889--Correspondence.
- Lesquereux, Leo.
- United States--Description and travel.
- United States.
- United States--Social life and customs--1783-1865.
- United States--Politics and government--1849-1877.
- Lesquereux, Leo, 1806-1889.
- Botanists--Biography.
- Botanists.
- Swiss Americans--Biography.
- Swiss Americans.
- Manners and customs.
- Politics and government.
- Travel.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Personal correspondence.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 465 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Rockland, Me. : Picton Press, 2006.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Biography / Donald G. Tritt
- pt. 2. Historical introduction / Wendy Everham
- pt. 3. Letters written from America / Leo Lesquereux ; translated by H. Dwight Page ; annotated by Wendy Everham.
- Notes:
- " ... an English version of his 'Lettres écrites d'Amerique, ' a series of essays first published in Revue Suisse and published in book form in 1853 ..."--Page xi.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- The Balch Ethnic Studies Collection.
- ISBN:
- 0897258037
- 9780897258036
- OCLC:
- 145143901
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