Alfred Russel Wallace's 1886-1887 Travel Diary
Subtitle: the North American lecture tour
By: edited by Charles H. Smith and Megan Derr ; with a preface by Michael Shermer
Contributors: Smith, Charles H. (Charles Hyde), 1950-; Derr, Megan; Shermer, Michael; Smith, Charles H. (Charles Hyde), 1950- editor; Derr, Megan, editor; Shermer, Michael, contributor
Publisher: Siri Scientific Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Manchester, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9780956779588
Subjects: Naturalists; Natural history; Diaries; Travel; Evolution (Biology); History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Wallace's itinerary, October 1886 to August 1887; title: Beginnings: New York arrival, and the Boston area; title: Commitments: Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, and Baltimore; title: Final days in Boston; title: First days in Washington D.C.; New York lecture; title: Middle days in Washington D.C.; title: Canada: Niagara, Kingston, and Toronto; title: Final days in Washington D.C.; title: Westward, D.C. to Cincinnati; title: Indiana, Missouri, Iowa, and Kansas; title: Westward, Colorado to California; San Francisco and Stockton; title: Yosemite, Calaveras, and final days in California; title: Eastward, California to Colorado; title: Final stops: Chicago, Michigan, Ontario, and Quebec; title: Notes; title: Appendices; title: 1. Final words on America (from My Life); title: 2. List of lectures given in North America, 1886-87; title: 3. Some published works ca. 1886-1887; title: 4. List of, and mini-biographies for, identified persons; title: 5. List of places seen/visited; title: 6. List of plants seen/collected.