Lewis and Clark: Pioneering Naturalists.
first edition
1969 · University of Illinois Press
by Cutright, Paul Russell
University of Illinois Press, 1969 First edition. xiii, 506 pp. Frontis portrait, 16 plates, appendices, bibliography, index. Some light pencil underlining and notes to margins of first fifty pages, light spotting to top edge of text block. A very good copy with lightly worn pictorial dust jacket. The best, most comprehensive and most detailed study of the scientific and technical aspects of the expedition. Includes detailed descriptions of the fauna and flora discovered by Lewis and Clark, with complete scientific summaries of their findings, including animals and plants new to science, topographic features discovered or named, and Indian tribes encountered. Very sought after.. (Inventory #: 7911)