A  passion for nature
Subtitle: Thomas Jefferson and natural history
By: Keith Thomson.
Series: Monticello monograph series
Publisher: Thomas Jefferson Foundation
Published: 2008
Place of publication: [Charlottesville, VA]
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9781882886265
Subjects: Jefferson, Thomas, -- 1743-1826; Naturalists -- Virginia -- Biography; Scientists -- Virginia -- Biography; Natural history -- Virginia
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Albemarle; title: The practical naturalist at home; title: Naturalist, gardener, farmer; title: An American man of science; title: Notes on the State of Virginia; title: The mastodon and the great-claw; title: Fossils, shells, and mountains; title: Peoples; title: Natural history in the West; title: Nature and the man; title: Appendix A : Jefferson's name in natural history; title: Appendix B : Letter of the Marquis de Barbé-Marbois; title: Appendix C : Questionnaire of the Marquis de Barbé-Marbois