Arkansas Travelers : Geographies of Exploration and Perception, 1804-1834 /

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""I reckon stranger you have not been used much to traveling in the woods." This remark from a hunter to Henry Rowe Schoolcraft as he trekked through the Ozark backcountry in late 1818 is one of many entertaining and eye-opening encounters between Arkansas travelers and settlers depic...

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Main Author: Milson, Andrew J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Fayetteville : The University of Arkansas Press, 2019.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, > 1793-1864.
Nuttall, Thomas, > 1786-1859.
Featherstonhaugh, George William, > 1780-1866.
Dunbar, William, > 1749-1810.
Featherstonhaugh, George William, > 1780-1866 > Travel > Arkansas.
Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, > 1793-1864 > Travel > Arkansas.
Nuttall, Thomas, > 1786-1859 > Travel > Arkansas.
Dunbar, William, > 1749-1810 > Travel > Arkansas.
Travel.
Explorers.
Discoveries in geography.
HISTORY > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Explorers > Arkansas > Biography.
Arkansas.
Arkansas > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Arkansas > Decouverte et exploration.
Arkansas > History > 19th century.
Arkansas > Discovery and exploration.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Eyewitnesses to geographical transformation
  • A very great natural curiosity: William Dunbar on the Ouachita River, 1804-1805
  • A greenhorn in the Ozarks: Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, 1818-1819
  • A view from the banks of the Arkansas River: Thomas Nuttall, 1818-1820
  • A savage sort of country: George W. Featherstonhaugh's Arkansas excursion, 1834
  • Deep mapping travelers' perceptions of the Arkansas past

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