The Emperor of Nature
Subtitle: Charles-Lucien Bonaparte and His World
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: May 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780812235463
Subjects: Biography: general; NATURAL HISTORY, COUNTRY LIFE & PETS; Natural History; Biography And Autobiography; Nature; Biography / Autobiography; Nature/Ecology; Naturalists, Gardeners, Environmentalists; Birds & Birdwatching - General; Historical - General; Biography & Autobiography / Historical; 1803-1857; Bonaparte, Charles Lucian,
First sentence: CONTENTION SURROUNDED Charles-Lucien-Jules-Laurent Bonaparte almost from the moment of his birth on 24 May 1803.
Description: "In the early years of the Republic, America was a land filled with uncharted flora and fauna, a treasure-trove for every naturalist in the world. One such naturalist was Charles-Lucien Bonaparte.".

"Based extensively on archival sources, including many unpublished letters still in the possession of the Bonaparte family, The Emperor of Nature is the first biography ever written of Charles-Lucien Bonaparte. Forced by the circumstances of his birth to be a perpetual visitor, he nonetheless carved out a place for himself in the science of the natural world."--BOOK JACKET.