Region of Astonishing Beauty The Botanical Exploration of the Rocky Mountains

Name: Region of Astonishing Beauty The Botanical Exploration of the Rocky Mountains
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ISBN: 9781570983979

ISBN-10: 1570983976

ISBN-13: 9781570983979

Edition: 2003

Authors: Roger Lawrence Williams

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As we approach the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 2004, attention will inevitably turn to the nineteenth century explorers who risked life and limb to interpret the natural history of the American West.

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List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Roberts Rinehart Publishers
Publication date: 5/7/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.19" wide x 8.99" long x 0.66" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



Lewis and Clark in the Rocky Mountains (1805-1806)



Edwin James and the Long Expedition



Thomas Drummond in the Northern Rocky Mountains



The Ascendancy of Thomas Nuttall (1786-1859)



George Engelmann: A Link between East and West



John Charles Fremont (1813-1890): An Unresolved Enigma



Geyer and Burke: Two Gardeners Abroad



Concluding the 1840s: Wislizenus, Fendler, and Stansbury



The New Era of Intensive Botanizing: Charles Parry in Colorado



Joseph Dalton Hooker: Darwin's Confidant



Sereno Watson: Botanist by Inadvertence



The Hayden Survey: Botanical Opportunity



Edward Lee Greene: Botanist-Historian



Marcus E. Jones of Utah



The Heightened Attention to Grasses



The Indomitable Alice Eastwood



Three Notable Collectors: Purpus, Cockerall, and Osterhout



Per Axel Rydberg: The Gentle Botanist



Aven Nelson: The Great Teacher


Epilogue


Notes


Bibliography


Index