Lewis and Clark's Green World: The Expedition and Its Plants [Hardcover]

A. Scott Earle (Author), James L. Reveal (Author)

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Publication Date: May 2003

One of the United States' most prominent botanists, James L. Reveal has joined forces with A. Scott Earle (a retired surgeon and professor) to follow the Corps of Discovery's trail, focusing on the plant specimens that Capt. Meriwether Lewis "collected for Mr. [Frederick] Pursh," President Jefferson, and other scientists of the early 19th century.

Earle's and Reveal's seasonal color photographs illustrate complete botanical descriptions of each plant, which are accompanied by quotes from Lewis's journal about it, along with comments from scientists of his day and since.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Farcountry Press; 1St Edition edition (May 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1560372508
• ISBN-13: 978-1560372509
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 8.7 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #346,755 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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I own many general and technical books with respect to botany and ecology that have been slowly acquired over the past 35 years. I cannot recall any single publication that I have ever enjoyed as much as this one. Dr. James Reveal is a careful, meticulous, knowledgeable, approachable scientist/botanist with a unique understanding of the botany of the western United States in terms of not just its taxonomy but also all of its complex historical nuances. Both of the authors are also excellent photographers and the photographs included rival or exceed the quality of those contained in similar works. The detailed appendix created by Dr. Reveal makes this a botanical reference book that I will continue to use indefinitely, but it is also written in a style and outlined in such a way that the information presented is readily accessible to anyone (i.e. botanical knowledge is not required). In addition to the fascinating information relating to the expedition that this book includes, it is also a monument to Lewis and Clark and the botanical explorers who came after them, many of whom are the true unrecognized "Indiana Jones" heroes of this country, and it also beautifully addresses a topic (botany) that is now being sadly, and much to our detriment, routinely deprecated in importance. Whether your interest is history, plants, people, pretty pictures, or what we may have lost or may be losing, this book is for you.