California's Frontier Naturalists
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american west
Author_Richard G Beidleman
botany
boundary surveys
california
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david douglas
death valley
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expedition
explorers
fieldwork
frontier
geological survey
geology
john fremont
la perouse
land development
land management
mexican war
monterey
natural sciences
natural world
naturalism
naturalist
nature
nonfiction
pacific northwest
paleontology
paolo botta
plants
railroads
richard hinds
sara lemmon
science
scientists
settling the west
thomas nuttall
united states
wild west
wilderness
william brewer
zoology
Product details
- ISBN 9780520230101
- Weight: 816g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 02 Mar 2006
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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This book chronicles the fascinating story of the enthusiastic, stalwart, and talented naturalists who were drawn to California's spectacular natural bounty over the decades from 1786, when the La Perouse Expedition arrived at Monterey, to the Death Valley expedition in 1890-91, the proclaimed 'end' of the American frontier. Richard G. Beidleman's engaging and marvelously detailed narrative describes these botanists, zoologists, geologists, paleontologists, astronomers, and ethnologists as they camped under stars and faced blizzards, made discoveries and amassed collections, kept journals and lost valuables, sketched flowers and landscapes, recorded comets and native languages. He weaves together the stories of their lives, their demanding fieldwork, their contributions to science, and their exciting adventures against the backdrop of California and world history.
"California's Frontier Naturalists" covers all the major expeditions to California as well as individual and institutional explorations, introducing naturalists who accompanied boundary surveys, joined federal railroad parties, traveled with river topographical expeditions, accompanied troops involved with the Mexican War, and made up California's own geological survey. Among these early naturalists are famous names - David Douglas, Thomas Nuttall, John Charles Fremont, William Brewer - as well as those who are less well-known, including Paolo Botta, Richard Hinds, and Sara Lemmon.
Richard G. Beidleman is Professor Emeritus of Biology at The Colorado College, and Research Associate at the University and Jepson Herbaria, University of California, Berkeley. He is coauthor, with L.H. Beidleman and B.E. Willard, of Plants of Rocky Mountain National Park (2000), and, with R.R. Beidleman and L.H. Beidleman, of Annotated Bibliography of Colorado Vertebrate Zoology, 1776 - 1995 (2000).
