A journal of travels into the Arkansas Territory during the year 1819
By: by Thomas Nuttall ; edited by Savoie Lottinville.
Contributors: Lottinville, Savoie, 1906-
Edition: University of Arkansas Press ed.
Series: Arkansas classics
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Fayeteville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 361
Subjects: Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859 -- Travel -- Arkansas.; Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859 -- Travel -- Oklahoma.; Natural history -- Arkansas.; Natural history -- Oklahoma.; Indians of North America -- Arkansas -- Social life and customs.; Indians of North America -- Oklahoma -- Social life and customs.; Arkansas -- Description and travel.; Oklahoma -- Description and travel.
Description: "This is the famous naturalist Thomas Nuttall's only surviving complete journal of his American scientific explorations. Covering his travels in Arkansas and what is now Oklahoma, it is pivotal to an understanding of the Old Southwest in the early nineteenth century, when the United States was taking inventory of its acquisitions from Louisiana Purchase."--BOOK JACKET.

"The account is filled with valuable details on the plants, animals, and geology of the region, as well as penetrating observations of the resident native tribes, the military establishment at Fort Smith, the arrival of the first governor of Arkansas Territory, and the beginnings of white settlement."--BOOK JACKET.

"Originally published in 1980 by the University of Oklahoma Press, this fine edited version of Nuttall's work boasts a valuable introduction, notes, maps, and bibliography by Savoie Lottinville. The editor provided common names for those given in scientific classification and substituted modern genus and species names for the ones used orginally by Nuttall. The resulting journal is a delight to read for anyone - historian, researcher, visitor, resident, or enthusiast."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-338) and index.
Originally published: Philadelphia : T.H. Palmer, 1821.