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Our Natural History : The Lessons of Lewis and Clark by Daniel B. Botkin (1995, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100399140484

ISBN-139780399140488

eBay Product ID (ePID)1012013

Product Key Features

Book TitleOur Natural History : the Lessons of Lewis and Clark

Number of Pages1 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicEnvironmental Conservation & Protection, General, Ecology, Regional, Expeditions & Discoveries, United States / General, Essays

Publication Year1995

GenreNature, History

AuthorDaniel B. Botkin

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight18.3 Oz

Item Length8.4 in

Item Width6.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN94-023896

Dewey Edition22

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

Dewey Decimal508.73

SynopsisOften referred to as America's national epic of exploration, the 28-month Lewis and Clark expedition was certainly America's greatest odyssey. Beginning in St. Louis, William Clark and Meriwether Lewis navigated up the Missouri River and through the prairies, reaching the summit of the Rocky Mountains and then following the Columbia River to their final destination, the Pacific Ocean. Trained in natural history and in the methods of collecting plant and animal samples, they carefully and meticulously recorded the conditions of the rivers, prairies, forests, mountains, and wildlife of pre-industrial America. In this new edition of Our Natural History, Daniel Botkin, a distinguished botanist and naturalist, recreates the grand journey -- taking us on an exciting ecological adventure back to the landscape of the great American West. In retracing their steps, Botkin reveals what this western landscape actually looked like and how much it's been changed by modern civilization and technology. He shows us that from the explorers' observations, we can learn much about the environment of our past, our environment today, and what our environment might be in the future. Now with a new afterword marking the 200th anniversary of the expedition, this timely and thought-provoking book captures our imagination and stimulates our sentiment with lessons about our environment and our place within it. Our Natural History offers a stunning and rare portrait of the rugged, beautiful, disappearing wilderness of the American West. Book jacket.

LC Classification NumberQH104.5.W4B68 1995