André Michaux in North America : journals & letters, 1785-1797 / translated from the French, edited, and annotated by Charlie Williams, Eliane M. Norman & Walter Kingsley Taylor ; with a foreword by James E. McClellan III.

By:

Michaux, André, 1746-1802 [author.]

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Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: French Publisher: Tuscaloosa, Alabama : The University of Alabama Press, [2020]Description: xxxvi, 568 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 27 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780817320300
081732030X

Uniform titles:

Works. Selections. English

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DDC classification:

580.92 23

LOC classification:

QK31.M45 M53 2020

Contents:

Arrival in New York, November 1785, and relocation to Charleston, September 1786 -- Initial journeys from Charleston, 1787 -- Exploring Florida, 1788 -- Exploring in the Carolinas, Georgia, and the Bahamas, 1788-1789 -- Charleston to New York, 1789 -- Charleston interlude, 1790-1791 -- Journey to Canada, 1792 -- Journey into the Canadian wilderness, 1792 -- Philadelphia, western expeditions considered, 1793 -- Kentucky journey for Genet, 1793 -- North Carolina mountains, 1794 -- Journey west to the Mississippi River, 1795 -- Kaskaskia to Charleston, December 1795-April 1796 -- Charleston, spring and summer 1796 -- Return voyage to France and shipwreck, August 1796-January 1797 -- Epilogue: Michaux's last years, 1797-1802 -- Appendix: Plants and animals Michaux encountered.

Summary: "Straddling the fields of documentary editing, history of the early republic, history of science, botany, and American studies, André Michaux in North America: journals and letters, 1785-1797 is the first complete English edition of MIchaux's American journals. This copiously annotated translation includes important excerpts from his little-known correspondence as well as a substantial introduction situating Michaux and his work in the larger scientific context of the day"--Dust jacket.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Circulating Books	Pennsylvania Horticultural Society	New Books	QK31.M45 M53 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		3182700022892

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 529-546) and index.

"Straddling the fields of documentary editing, history of the early republic, history of science, botany, and American studies, André Michaux in North America: journals and letters, 1785-1797 is the first complete English edition of MIchaux's American journals. This copiously annotated translation includes important excerpts from his little-known correspondence as well as a substantial introduction situating Michaux and his work in the larger scientific context of the day"--Dust jacket.