William Dunbar: Scientific Pioneer of the Old Southwest
""In this entertaining biography of William Dunbar, Arthur H. DeRosier, Jr. rescues an important scientist and explorer from obscurity, and provides an insight into the formative years of the State of Mississippi." --Edward J. Cashin, Augusta State University" --""DeRosier has produced a masterful biography of William Dunbar that should be on the reading list of every serious student of American history. He has documented the life and times of Dunbar, who was undoubtedly the intellectual giant of West Florida and the Mississippi Territory. Many Americans are familiar with the expedition of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, but few know that Thomas Jefferson appointed William Dunbar to lead a scientific expedition of the Ouachita River and the 'hot springs' in the southern portion of the newly acquired Louisiana Territory. In his page-turning biography, Arthur DeRosier has assigned Dunbar his rightful place in American history." --Elbert R. Hilliard, Director Emeritus, Mississippi Department of Archives and Hi" --""This is an important work that fills a gap in the historiography of the Mississippi planter class. It will appeal to both the college level scholar of early Mississippi history and the casual Mississippi historian equally." --Aaron Anderson, The Journal of Mississippi History" --""Arthur H. DeRosier Jr. gives William Dunbar (1750-1810) his full due in this well-researched and clearly written biography." --Kevin J. Fernlund, The Journal of American History" --""This book gives historians abundant information to plan their investigations of an area and a person much ignored by historians." --Robert J. Malone, Isis" --""DeRosier rescues Dunbar from obscurity to provide him a rightful place as one of the most influential scientists and agriculturalists in the Mississippi Valley during the late colonial and early national periods….Dunbar's life represents a remarkable story of an intellectual farmer whose quest for knowledge knew no bounds." --Jay H. Buckley,Agricultural History" --