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Journeys through paradise : pioneering naturalists in the Southeast
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- Creator
- Gail Fishman
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2000]
- ©2000
- Physical Details
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- xv, 306 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780813018744, 0813018749
- OCLC
- ocm45172976
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-297) and index.
- First contact -- Illuminating natural history: Mark Catesby (April 3, 1683-December 23, 1749) -- The Bartram legacy. John Bartram (May 23, 1699-September 1777). William Bartram (April 9, 1739-July 22, 1823) -- The intriguing naturalist: André Michaux (March 7, 1746-November 1802) -- A peculiar liking for insects: John Abbot (June 11, 1751-1840) -- The lovely face of nature: Alexander Wilson (July 6, 1766-August 23, 1813) -- The man who painted birds: John James Audubon (April 26, 1785-January 27, 1851) -- The Garden of Eden: Hardy Bryan Croom (October 8, 1797-October 9, 1837) --Medicine man: Alvan Wentworth Chapman (September 28, 1809-April 6, 1899) -- Walking in heaven's light: John Muir (April 21, 1838-December 24, 1914) -- A voice for Florida conservation: John Kunkel Small (January 31, 1869-January 21, 1938) -- Saving a swamp. Roland Harper (August 11, 1878-April 30, 1966). Francis Harper (November 17, 1886-November 17, 1972)