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Author / Creator:	Beidleman, Richard G., author.
Imprint:	Berkeley : University of California Press, 2006.
Description:	1 online resource (1 volume)
Language:	English
Subject:	Natural history -- California. Scientific expeditions -- California. Naturalists -- California -- History. Natural history. Naturalists. Scientific expeditions. California. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11141220

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ISBN:	9780520927506 0520927508 1423745418 9781423745419 1598759213 9781598759211 9780520230101 0520230108 128235633X 9781282356337
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	This book chronicles the fascinating story of the enthusiastic, stalwart, and talented naturalists who were drawn to California's spectacular natural bounty over the decades from 1786, when the La Prouse Expedition arrived at Monterey, to the Death Valley expedition in 1890-91, the proclaimed "end" of the American frontier. Richard G. Beidleman's engaging and marvelously detailed narrative describes these botanists, zoologists, geologists, paleontologists, astronomers, and ethnologists as they camped under stars and faced blizzards, made discoveries and amassed collections, kept journals and.
Other form:	Print version: Beidleman, Richard G. California's frontier naturalists. Berkeley : University of California Press, 2006 0520230108

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