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Book Bartram Heritage

Download or read book Bartram Heritage written by Bartram Trail Conference and published by Brad Sanders. This book was released on 1979 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Travels of William Bartram

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  • Author : William Bartram
  • Publisher : Courier Corporation
  • Release : 1955-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780486200132
  • Pages : 470 pages

Download or read book Travels of William Bartram written by William Bartram and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1955-01-01 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of 1791 ed.

Book An Outdoor Guide to Bartram s Travels

Download or read book An Outdoor Guide to Bartram s Travels written by Charles D. Spornick and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author lovingly reconstructs the journey of eighteenth-century naturalist William Bartram, retracing his painstaking survey of the flora, fauna, and cultures of the American Southeast. (Travel)

Book The Natures of John and William Bartram

Download or read book The Natures of John and William Bartram written by Thomas P. Slaughter and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1997 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "John Bartram was the greatest horticulturist and botanist of eighteenth-century America, a farmer-philosopher who won the patronage of King George III and Benjamin Franklin. His son William was a pioneering naturalist who documented his travels though the Florida wilderness in prose and drawings that inspired a generation of romantic poets." "As he follows the Bartrams through their respective careers - and through the tenderness and disappointment of the father-son relationship - Slaughter examines the ways in which each viewed the natural world: as a resource to be exploited, as evidence of divine providence, as a temple in which all life was interconnected and sacred."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Book William Bartram on the Southeastern Indians

Download or read book William Bartram on the Southeastern Indians written by William Bartram and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Bartram traveled throughout the American Southeast from 1773 to 1776. He occupies a unique place as an American Enlightenment explorer, naturalist, writer, and artist whose work was widely admired in his time and thereafter. Coleridge, the Wordsworths, and other leading romantics found inspiration in his pages. Bartram's most famous work, Travels has remained in print since the first publication of the book in 1791. However, his writings on Indians have received less attention than they deserve. This volume contains all of Bartram's known writings on Native Americans: a new version of "Observations on the Creek and Cherokee Indians," originally edited by E. G. Squier and first published in 1853; a previously unpublished essay, "Some Hints and Observations Concerning the Civilization of the Indians, or Aborigines of America"; and extensive excerpts from Travels. These documents are among the most valuable accounts we have of the Creeks and Seminoles in the last half of the eighteenth century. Several illustrations by Bartram are also included. The editors provide information on the history of these documents and supply extensive annotations. The book opens with a biographical essay on Bartram and concludes with a thorough evaluation of his contributions to southeastern Indian ethnohistory, anthropology, and archaeology. The editors have identified and corrected a number of errors found in the extant literature concerning Bartram and his writings Gregory A. Waselkov, an associate professor of anthropology at the University of South Alabama, is coeditor with Peter H. Wood and M. Thomas Hatley of Powhatan's Mantle: Indians in the Colonial Southeast (Nebraska 1989). Kathryn E. Holland Braund is an independent scholar and author of Deerskins and Duffels: The Creek Indian Trade with Anglo-America, 1865–1815 (Nebraska 1993).

Book The Attention of a Traveller

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  • Author : Kathryn H. Braund
  • Publisher : University of Alabama Press
  • Release : 2022-06-07
  • ISBN : 0817321292
  • Pages : 401 pages

Download or read book The Attention of a Traveller written by Kathryn H. Braund and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Brings together and highlights some of the latest and most engaging work on William Bartram and efforts to commemorate his journey through the disparate region that would become the Southeastern US"--

Book William Bartram and the American Revolution on the Southern Frontier

Download or read book William Bartram and the American Revolution on the Southern Frontier written by Edward J. Cashin and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2007-02-04 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Travels, the celebrated 1791 account of the "Old Southwest," William Bartram recorded the natural world he saw around him but, rather incredibly, omitted any reference to the epochal events of the American Revolution. Edward J. Cashin places Bartram in the context of his times and explains his conspicuous avoidance of people, places, and events embroiled in revolutionary fervor. Cashin suggests that while Bartram documented the natural world for plant collector John Fothergill, he wrote Travels for an entirely different audience. Convinced that Providence directed events for the betterment of mankind and that the Constitutional Convention would produce a political model for the rest of the world, Bartram offered Travels as a means of shaping the new country. Cashin illuminates the convictions that motivated Bartram-that if Americans lived in communion with nature, heeded the moral law, and treated the people of the interior with respect, then America would be blessed with greatness.

Book Fields of Vision

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  • Author : Kathryn E. Holland Braund
  • Publisher : University of Alabama Press
  • Release : 2010-03-03
  • ISBN : 0817355715
  • Pages : 292 pages

Download or read book Fields of Vision written by Kathryn E. Holland Braund and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2010-03-03 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic work of history, ethnography, and botany, and an examination of the life and environs of the 18th-century south William Bartram was a naturalist, artist, and author of Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the ExtensiveTerritories of the Muscogulees, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Choctaws. The book, based on his journey across the South, reflects a remarkable coming of age. In 1773, Bartram departed his family home near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as a British colonist; in 1777, he returned as a citizen of an emerging nation of the United States. The account of his journey, published in 1791, established a national benchmark for nature writing and remains a classic of American literature, scientific writing, and history. Brought up as a Quaker, Bartram portrayed nature through a poetic lens of experience as well as scientific observation, and his work provides a window on 18th-century southern landscapes. Particularly enlightening and appealing are Bartram’s detailed accounts of Seminole, Creek, and Cherokee peoples. The Bartram Trail Conference fosters Bartram scholarship through biennial conferences held along the route of his travels. This richly illustrated volume of essays, a selection from recent conferences, brings together scholarly contributions from history, archaeology, and botany. The authors discuss the political and personal context of his travels; species of interest to Bartram; Creek architecture; foodways in the 18th-century south, particularly those of Indian groups that Bartram encountered; rediscovery of a lost Bartram manuscript; new techniques for charting Bartram’s trail and imaging his collections; and a fine analysis of Bartram’s place in contemporary environmental issues.

Book Bartram Covered Bridge

Download or read book Bartram Covered Bridge written by Christopher P. Driscoll and published by eBookIt.com. This book was released on 2013-02 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bartram Covered Bridge: Spanning History chronicles the complete history of Bartram Covered Bridge, located in Newtown Square (southeastern PA), including color and rare photos, community remembrances and much more . All profits from the sale of this book will help fund the ongoing maintenance of the bridge so that future generations may be able to enjoy this beautiful structure listed on National Register of Historic Places. Copyright 2010 Newtown Square Historical Preservation Society & Bartram Bridge Joint Preservation Board. Written by George D. Conn, Christopher P. Driscoll, Eric D. Gerst and Doug P. Humes

Book Nantahala National Forest

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  • Author : Marci Spencer
  • Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
  • Release : 2017-08-14
  • ISBN : 1439662193
  • Pages : 250 pages

Download or read book Nantahala National Forest written by Marci Spencer and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2017-08-14 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author and naturalist Marci Spencer reveals the history and splendor of the Nantahala National Forest. The 500,000-acre Nantahala National Forest dominates the rugged southwestern corner of North Carolina. Rivers such as the Cheoah, Cullasaja, and Tuckasegee carve deep gorges, making the region one of the wettest in the nation. The Whitewater River tumbles over the highest waterfall in the eastern United States. Power companies dammed local rivers, creating some of North Carolina's most scenic recreational mountain lakes. The high peaks, secluded coves and forested woodlands of the Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest, Panthertown Valley and Buck Creek Serpentine Pine Barrens and other areas hold cultural and natural history secrets.

Book Historic Houses of Philadelphia

Download or read book Historic Houses of Philadelphia written by Roger W. Moss and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 1998-05-29 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Historic Houses of Philadelphia" brings the region's most impressive museum homes to life with maps, touring information, and historical notes on 50 distinctive homes. 160 photos, 150 in color.

Book National Scenic and Historic Trails

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  • Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Parks and Recreation
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1976
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 104 pages

Download or read book National Scenic and Historic Trails written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Parks and Recreation and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art

Download or read book The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art written by Joan M. Marter and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2011 with total page 3140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arranged in alphabetical order, these 5 volumes encompass the history of the cultural development of America with over 2300 entries.

Book United States Statutes at Large

Download or read book United States Statutes at Large written by United States and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 1702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Travels on the St  Johns River

Download or read book Travels on the St Johns River written by John Bartram and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A selection of writings from naturalists John and William Bartram, who explored Florida in 1765 In 1765 father and son naturalists John and William Bartram explored the St. Johns River Valley in Florida, a newly designated British territory and subtropical wonderland. They collected specimens and recorded extensive observations of the region’s plants, animals, geography, ecology, and Native cultures. The chronicle of their adventures provided the world with an intimate look at La Florida. Travels on the St. Johns River includes writings from the Bartrams' journey in a flat-bottomed boat from St. Augustine to the river's swampy headwaters near Lake Loughman, just west of today’s Cape Canaveral. Vivid entries from John's Diary detail the settlement locations of Indigenous people and what vegetation overtook the river's slow current. Excerpts from William's narrative, written a decade later when he tried to make a home in East Florida, contemplate the environment and the river that would come to be regarded as the liquid heart of his celebrated Travels. A selection of personal letters reveal John's misgivings about his son's decision to become a planter in a pine barren with little shelter, but they also speak to William's belated sense of accomplishment for traveling past his father's footsteps. Editors Thomas Hallock and Richard Franz provide valuable commentary and a modern record of the flora and fauna the Bartrams encountered. Taken together, the firsthand accounts and editorial notes help us see the land through the explorers' eyes and witness the many environmental changes the centuries have wrought.

Book A Journey from Pennsylvania to Onondaga in 1743

Download or read book A Journey from Pennsylvania to Onondaga in 1743 written by John Bartram and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: