Title: Mr. Jefferson and the giant moose
Subtitle: natural history in early America
First published: 2009
Description: When Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon ascertains that New World flora and fauna are degenerate due to the insalubrious environment, Thomas Jefferson counters with, among other things, writings in *Notes on the State of Virginia* and the body and bones of a seven-foot moose sent to Buffon.
Subjects: Historiography, Knowledge and learning, Life sciences, Effect of environment on, Attitudes, Human beings, Degeneration, Environmental aspects of Degeneration, History, Jefferson, thomas, 1743-1826, Buffon, georges louis leclerc, comte de, 1707-1788, Human beings, effect of environment on, History, 18th Century, Ecology, Biological Evolution, Natural History, Environmental aspects
Places: America
People: Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon comte de (1707-1788)
Time periods: 18th century
LC classification: QH528 .D843 2009, B885.Z7 .D843 2009