Lewis and Clark on the Great Plains - A Natural History

Informationen zum Autor Paul A. Johnsgard is Foundation Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences at the University of Nebraska. He is the author of over forty books, including The Nature of Nebraska: Ecology and Biodiversity and Crane Music: A Natural History of American Cranes, both available from the University of Nebraska Press. Klappentext "Lewis and Clark on the Great Plains" is an easy-to-use reference on the wildlife that Meriwether Lewis and William Clark encountered during their 1804-6 Corps of Discovery expedition. More than one hundred animals and plants that were first carefully described and in some cases discovered by Lewis and Clark are identified here. More than accounts of the regional flora and fauna, "Lewis and Clark on the Great Plains" examines the lasting importance of the expedition's discoveries, the significance of the Plains plants and animals to local Native Americans, and the current status of Plains wildlife. Lavishly illustrated with Paul A. Johnsgard's drawings of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and plants, the book also includes a guide to the Lewis and Clark sites of botanical and zoological interest and more than seventy sites where readers can follow in the footsteps of two of America's greatest pioneering naturalists. Zusammenfassung Serves as a reference on the wildlife that Meriwether Lewis and William Clark encountered during their 1804-6 Corps of Discovery expedition. This book identifies over one hundred animals and plants that were first described and in some cases discovered by Lewis and Clark. It also examines the lasting importance of the expedition's discoveries.

Product details

• Authors: Paul A Johnsgard, Paul A. Johnsgard
• Assisted by: Paul A Johnsgard (Illustration), Paul A. Johnsgard (Illustration)
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2003
• EAN: 9780803276185
• ISBN: 978-0-8032-7618-5
• No. of pages: 143
• Series: Bison Original; Bison Original
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Bäume, Wildblumen und Pflanzen: Sachbuch, Nature, NATURE / Animals / General, NATURE / Plants / General, NATURE / Animals / Wildlife