| A Naturalist in Indian Territory, Volume 72: The Journals of S. W. Woodhouse, 1849-1850 Revised Edition Contributor(s): Woodhouse, S. W. (Author), Brodhead, Michael J. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0806128054 ISBN-13: 9780806128054 Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press OUR PRICE: $21.73 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1996 Annotation: "Reading these accounts, we can travel again through vanished landscapes and recover lost worlds". -- James P. Ronda, Barnard Professor of Western American History, University of Tulsa. "An outstanding contribution to the field of natural history study in the 19th century West". -- Dan Flores, Texas Tech University. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 92054143 |
| Series: American Exploration and Travel |
| Physical Information: 0.96" H x 5.97" W x 9.06" (1.05 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the spring of 1849 young Philadelphia physician S. W. Woodhouse, an avid ornithologist, was appointed surgeon-naturalist of two expeditions, one in 1849 and another in 1850, to survey the Creek-Cherokee boundary in Indian Territory. A keen observer of frontier life and society, Woodhouse wrote down in three journals detailed entries on his travels, including information on the flora and fauna as well as his impressions of the places he passed and their people, notably early Indian Territory personalities such as the McIntoshes and the Perrymans of the Creek Indians; Elijah Hicks of the Cherokees; Tallee and Clermont III of the Osages; and Oh-ha-wah-kee of the Comanches. To aid the modern reader, editors John S. Tomer and Michael J. Brodhead have supplied a detailed introduction and extensive, clarifying notes. |
Contributor Bio(s): Tomer, John S.: - John S. Tomer, who is a Research Associate at the Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, is an experienced ornithologist and author of numerous articles on Oklahoma birds. Brodhead, Michael J.: -Michael J. Brodhead, Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Nevada, Reno, is a Historian in the Office of History, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Alexandria, Virginia. He is the author of David J. Brewer: The Life of a Supreme Court Justice, 1837-1910 and coeditor and annotator of A Naturalist in Indian Territory: The Journals of S. W. Woodhouse, 1849-1850, also published by the University of Oklahoma Press. |