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The Missouri River journals of John James Audubon
- Title
- The Missouri River journals of John James Audubon / John James Audubon ; edited and with original commentary by Daniel Patterson.
- Author
- Audubon, John James, 1785-1851.
- Publication
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2016]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 16-3882 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Patterson, Daniel, 1953-
- Description
- xxviii, 445 pages : illustrations (some color), color map; 24 cm
- 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first accurate transcription of John James Audubon's 1843 journals, which includes recently discovered and previously unpublished journal entries detailing his last expedition along the upper Missouri River"--
- Subjects
- River steamers
- Scientific expeditions
- Naturalists
- Wildlife artists
- Natural history
- Missouri River
- 1800 - 1899
- Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 > Travel > Missouri River Valley
- Naturalists > United States > Diaries
- Natural history > Missouri River Valley
- Missouri River > Description and travel
- Travel
- Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 > Diaries
- United States
- Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 > Ethics
- Missouri River Valley > Description and travel
- Wildlife artists > United States > Diaries
- Ethics
- Diaries
- River steamers > Missouri River > History > 19th century
- Scientific expeditions > Missouri River Valley > History > 19th century
- History
- Genre/Form
- Diaries.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- List of illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of abbreviations -- Editorial principles -- Part 1. Maria Rebecca Audubon, her grandfather's 1843 Missouri River journals, and "The great auk speech" -- Part II. Audubon's 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 River 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. The Beinecke partial copy ; The original field notebook and the Newberry partial copy -- Part IV. Audubon's conservation ethic reconsidered. Audubon's hunting and conservation ethic as represented in the biographies ; The lived ethic ; The written ethic ; Epilogue -- Part V. Other materials from the 1843 expedition. The 1843 diary of John Graham Bell ; The 1843 diary of Isaac Sprague ; Audubon's "George Catlin" powder horn from the Missouri River Expedition -- Appendix: "The pet bear," an unpublished episode.
- Call Number
- JFE 16-3882
- ISBN
- 9780803244986 (cloth : alkaline paper)
- 0803244983 (cloth : alkaline paper)
- LCCN
- 2015019950
- OCLC
- 919067956
- Author
- Audubon, John James, 1785-1851.
- Title
- The Missouri River journals of John James Audubon / John James Audubon ; edited and with original commentary by Daniel Patterson.
- Publisher
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2016]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1800 - 1899
- Added Author
- Patterson, Daniel, 1953-
- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-3882