A Region of Astonishing Beauty by Roger L Williams

A Region of Astonishing Beauty by Roger L Williams

As we approach the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 2004, attention will inevitably turn to the nineteenth-century explorers who risked life and limb to interpret the natural history of the American West. Beginning with Meriwether Lewis and his discovery of the bitterroot, the goal of most explorers was not merely to find an adequate route to the Pacific, but also to comment on the state of the region's ecology and its suitability for agriculture, and, of course, to collect plant specimens. In this book, Williams follows the trail of over a dozen explorers who botanized the Rocky Mountains, and who, by the end of the nineteenth century, became increasingly convinced that the flora of the American West was distinctive. The sheer wonder of discover, which is not lost on Williams or his subjects, was best captured by botanist Edwin James in 1820 as he emerged above timberline in Colorado to come upon a region of astonishing beauty.

Williams, Roger L.: - Roger L. Williams served as Associate Vice President and Executive Director of the Penn State Alumni Association, the world's largest, from 2003 to 2015 and as Affiliate Associate Professor in Penn State's Higher Education Program. He is the author of The Origins of Federal Support for Higher Education: George W. Atherton and the Land-Grant College Movement, also published by Penn State University Press.

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ISBN 13	9781570983979
ISBN 10	1570983976
Title	A Region of Astonishing Beauty
Author	Roger L Williams
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Roberts Rinehart Publishers
Year published	2003-05-07
Number of pages	224
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