Townsend's Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains to the Columbia River
Author | : John Kirk Townsend |
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Total Pages | : 263 |
Release | : 1905 |
Genre | : Columbia River |
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Author | : John Kirk Townsend |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 263 |
Release | : 1905 |
Genre | : Columbia River |
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Author | : John Kirk Townsend |
Publisher | : Hardpress Publishing |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2012-01 |
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ISBN | : 9781290167291 |
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Author | : John K. Townsend |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2017-08-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780649388301 |
Author | : John Kirk Townsend |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 2017-04-15 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781545380697 |
This epic travelogue by doctor and naturalist John Kirk Townsend follows his progress across the danger-fraught wilderness of North America in the 1830s. Townsend was one of thousands of young, adventurous men who ventured westwards. Many of these fellows were trappers and hunters who sought to earn a living finding and selling the pelts of animals. These 'mountain men' were among the first white people to ever witness the Rocky Mountains in person. The ruggedness of these land would claim the lives of many, especially in the initial years when the landscapes were uncharted and unknown. Unlike most of the men who blazed a trail in those early days, Townsend was a man of science trained in medicine. For this he was a valuable asset to other travelers, for whom injury and illness was a frequent fact of life. From these travels, Townsend honed his observational skills as a naturalist; he became famous for collecting and cataloguing numerous new animals, particularly exotic birds native to North America. Beginning his trek in the city of St. Louis, and bidding farewell to the last of the human comforts of urban life, Townsend immediately sets to telling of life going west. He sets a descriptive tone; telling the reader about the Native American tribes, their customs and dress, and the many creatures large and small he would spot along his route. This narrative is valuable for offering a glimpse of the Western frontier as it was long ago; individuals who would otherwise be forgotten and lost to time are described and given life by Townsend. The priests, merchants, trappers and Native Americans he encounters are brought to life, and together they imbue this travelogue with a unique, historical richness.
Author | : Reuben Gold Thwaites |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 1905 |
Genre | : Mississippi River Valley |
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Author | : John Kirk Townsend |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 2009-08 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 9781104884901 |
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Author | : John Townsend |
Publisher | : Applewood Books |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1429005513 |
Noted naturalist and ornithologist describes his journey over the Rockies. The nature of his field, so to speak, informs his work heavily.
Author | : Jaipreet Virdi |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 418 |
Release | : 2024-09-02 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0226835626 |
Presents a powerful new vision of the history of science through the lens of disability studies. Disability has been a central—if unacknowledged—force in the history of science, as in the scientific disciplines. Across historical epistemology and laboratory research, disability has been “good to think with”: an object of investigation made to yield generalizable truths. Yet disability is rarely imagined to be the source of expertise, especially the kind of expertise that produces (rational, neutral, universal) scientific knowledge. This volume of Osiris places disability history and the history of science in conversation to foreground disability epistemologies, disabled scientists, and disability sciencing (engagement with scientific tools and processes). Looking beyond paradigms of medicalization and industrialization, the volume authors also examine knowledge production about disability from the ancient world to the present in fields ranging from mathematics to the social sciences, resulting in groundbreaking histories of taken-for-granted terms such as impairment, infirmity, epidemics, and shōgai. Some contributors trace the disabling impacts of scientific theories and practices in the contexts of war, factory labor, insurance, and colonialism; others excavate racial and settler ableism in the history of scientific facts, protocols, and collections; still others query the boundaries between scientific, lay, and disability expertise. Contending that disability alters method, authors bring new sources and interpretation techniques to the history of science, overturn familiar narratives, apply disability analyses to established terms and archives, and discuss accessibility issues for disabled historians. The resulting volume announces a disability history of science.
Author | : Michael P. Branch |
Publisher | : University of Georgia Press |
Total Pages | : 444 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780820325484 |
Reading the Roots is an unprecedented anthology of outstanding early writings about American nature--a rich, influential, yet critically underappreciated body of work. Rather than begin with Henry David Thoreau, who is often identified as the progenitor of American nature writing, editor Michael P. Branch instead surveys the long tradition that prefigures and anticipates Thoreau and his literary descendants. The selections in Reading the Roots describe a diversity of landscapes, wildlife, and natural phenomena, and their authors represent many different nationalities, cultural affiliations, religious views, and ideological perspectives. The writings gathered here also range widely in terms of subject, rhetorical form, and disciplinary approach--from promotional tracts and European narratives of contact with Native Americans to examples of scientific theology and romantic nature writing. The volume also includes a critical introduction discussing the cultural, scientific, and literary value of early American nature writing; headnotes that contextualize all authors and selections; and a substantial bibliography of primary and secondary sources in the field. Reading the Roots at last makes early American landscapes--and a range of literary responses to them--accessible to scholars, students, and general readers.