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Vernon Bailey : writings of a field naturalist on the frontier

Title: Vernon Bailey : writings of a field naturalist on the frontier / David J. Schmidly ; foreword by William I. Lutterschmidt and Brian R. Chapman.
Author: Schmidly, David J., 1943-
Publication: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2018]

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Additional Authors

Bailey, Vernon, 1864-1942

Description

xviii, 452 pages; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Integrative natural history series

Uniform Title

Integrative natural history series.

Subject

Genre/Form

Biographies.
Biography.
History.
Records and correspondence.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction and background -- Section I: The Bailey family history -- Early family history: from blacksmithing to Bailey Station (1637-1864) -- Iron Creek baby (1864-1872) -- Life around the Bailey homestead -- Wildlife and hunting around the homestead -- Schooling and the making of a naturalist -- Specimens and trapping talk (1886-1887) -- Section II: Working for Merriam and the US Government -- Employment and a field trip -- Dear folks at home -- Grand collecting country: Dakota Territory -- Full of sharp points -- Get all the mammals you can -- On the road again -- The west beckons: on to Utah -- It takes grit (December 1888 and 1889) -- Down the Colorado -- The promise of plenty of company -- On the very border -- A splendid trip: in the field with Merriam -- A great place for cactus (1889-1890) -- Sagebrush, alkali, and mountain magic -- All hurry and change -- Into Death Valley -- Farmer or naturalist? -- Section III: Becoming a scientific naturalist -- Country boy in the city -- Dixie and new kinds of wilderness -- Ozark country and beyond -- I just want to remember -- Fit for scientific work -- The school of life -- From sermons in the woods to marital bliss (1895-1899) -- Safe and wild in Texas (1900-1905) -- Wolves dead and alive -- Making sense of scents -- Movin' on (1908-1910) -- Section IV: Work at the survey after Merriam's departure -- In sickness and in health (1911-1912) -- So long to administration, back to the field (1913-1914) -- Changes in leadership and direction (1915-1919) -- Rats, bats, and beaver (1920-1924) -- Family time and professional success (1925-1927) -- Beaver, deer, and cross-country trips (1928-1929) -- Predator and prey and patents (1930-31) -- Rewards and sudden announcement (1932-1933) -- Section V: Retirement and the end -- Trapping a new life (1933-1939) -- The early war years and prairie trek (1940-1942) -- Gathering -- Bailey in perspective -- Appendix. biographic profiles of naturalists associated with Vernon Bailey.

Call Number

JFE 19-5398

ISBN

9781623496791
1623496799
9781623496807 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2018018132
40028891609

OCLC

1034569817

Author

Schmidly, David J., 1943- author.

Title

Vernon Bailey : writings of a field naturalist on the frontier / David J. Schmidly ; foreword by William I. Lutterschmidt and Brian R. Chapman.

Publisher

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2018]

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Integrative natural history series

Integrative natural history series.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Bailey, Vernon, 1864-1942, author.

Other Standard Identifier

40028891609

Research Call Number

JFE 19-5398

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