John Xßntus - The Fort Tejon Letters, 1857-1859

Informationen zum Autor Ann Zwinger, naturalist, author, and illustrator, was awarded the John Burroughs Memorial Association Gold Medal in 1976 for Run, River, Run . Earlier books include Wind in the Rock and Beyond the Aspen Grove . The natural history of the Cape region of Baja California is described in her 1984 publication, A Desert Country Near the Sea . Klappentext John Xántus was a bit of a charlatan; of that there is little doubt. He lied about his exploits, joined the US Army under an assumed name, and managed to alienate most of the people he met. Yet he became one of the Smithsonian Institution's most successful collectors of natural history specimens. Ann Zwinger has assembled Xántus's unpublished letters into a book that documents his trials and triumphs in the field and reveals much about his dubious character.Captures the exploits of one of the Smithsonian's early specimen collectors in the American West.

Product details

• Authors: Ann Zwinger
• Publisher: The University of Arizona Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2017
• EAN: 9780816535842
• ISBN: 978-0-8165-3584-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Century Collection; Century Collection
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Humanities, art, music > History