Displaying 1 of 1 2013 Format: Book Author: Leach, William, 1944- Title: Butterfly people : an American encounter with the beauty of the world / William R. Leach. Edition: 1st ed. Publisher, Date: New York : Pantheon Books, 2013. Description: xxvi, 388 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm Summary: Presents a chronicle of nineteenth-century America's fascination with butterflies that traces the achievements of six naturalists who identified countless new species and unveiled the mysteries of their existence. Subjects: Butterflies -- United States -- History -- 19th century. Entomologists -- United States -- History -- 19th century. Industrial revolution -- United States -- History -- 19th century. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Yankee butterfly people: William Henry Edwards and Samuel Scudder -- The German-American romantics: Herman Strecker and Augustus Radcliffe Grote -- Beating hearts -- Word power -- The life and death of butterflies -- In the wake of empire -- Butterflies at the fair -- Death of the butterfly people. LCCN: 2012000389 ISBN: 9780375422935 0375422935 Other Number: 769425359 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 351737 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 595.789 Leach Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
