Bartram's Travels Illustrated

In 1934, when William G. Haynes Jr. was an art student in New York City, he illustrated his own version of the 1791 classic Bartram's Travels. William Bartram's poetic descriptions transcended science to deeply influence an array of nineteenth-century Romantic poets in America and abroad. Similarly, Haynes's watercolors were inspired by vivid descriptions from Bartram's Southern expedition spanning 1773–1777.

These ninety-five watercolors accompanied by Bartram's text tell Haynes's version of the Bartram story, drawn from twentieth-century landscapes Haynes knew intimately from childhood: coastal Georgia, western North Carolina, and northern Florida. Although Bartram never drew a self-portrait, Haynes features Bartram on nearly every page: botanizing, engaging with Native Americans and settlers alike, and sometimes battling alligators and the elements.

Following service in World War II and postwar study of typography, Haynes returned home to Darien, Georgia, in 1955 to start the Ashantilly Press. It became not only a place to create beautiful books and broadsides but also to teach this craft and inspire the next generation of artists and environmentalists. This book is especially timely as America marks the 250th anniversary of Bartram's travels across the South—a man whose impact is still felt in American science, arts, and letters.

Dorinda G. Dallmeyer (Editor)
DORINDA G. DALLMEYER is an award-winning author, photographer, radio producer, and filmmaker with a focus on Southern environmental history. She was formerly director of UGA’s Environmental Ethics Certificate Program and associate director of the Dean Rusk International Law Center. She is the editor of several books, including Altamaha: A River and Its Keeper (Georgia), Bartram's Living Legacy: The Travels and the Nature of the South, andValues at Sea: Ethics for the Marine Environment (Georgia). A devoted naturalist, Dallmeyer and her husband David live on fifty-four acres in rural Madison County, Georgia.

Harriet H. Langford (Editor)
HARRIET H. LANGFORD graduated from Furman University in 1968 with a BA in English and Education. She began her teaching career at East Rome High School in Rome, Georgia, and in 1970 moved to teach at Glynn County and Brantley County schools. She retired as a professional school counselor at Glynn Middle School in Brunswick in 2003 and afterward worked seven years as a part-time student support specialist with the innovative Georgia Virtual School sponsored by the Georgia State Department of Education. In 2005, the Board of Directors of Ashantilly Center, Inc., invited Harriet to join their volunteer twelve-member board. She has since enjoyed serving on the board as secretary and is currently president. She lives in Darien in McIntosh County close to the tidal Black Island Creek, which flows past Ashantilly Center and the Ashantilly Press.