William Bartram: Travels & Other Writings (LOA #84)
- ISBN-10
- 1883011116
- ISBN-13
- 9781883011116
- Category
- Travel / Essays & Travelogues
- Pages
- 701
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996-03
- Publisher
- Springer Science & Business
- Author
- William Bartram
Description
The eighteenth-century American naturalist describes the wildlife, forests, swamps, rivers, and savannahs of the South, and shares his observations of the Creek and Cherokee Indians
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