Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface: “Fields of Vision”
Acknowledgments
I. Encounters along the Trail
1. The Real World of Bartram’s Travels - Edward J. Cashin
2. William Bartram, Wrightsborough, and the Prospects for the Georgia Backcountry, 1765–1774 - Robert Scott Davis
3. William Bartram’s Gustatory Tour - Kathryn E. Holland Braund
4. The Two Williams: Science and Connections in West Florida - Robert J. Malone
II. Reading Bartram
5. William Bartram and the Forms of Natural History - Stephanie Volmer
6. Nature, Man, and God: The Introduction to Bartram’s Travels - Burt Kornegay
7. Before Bartram: Artist-Naturalist Mark Catesby - Arlene Fradkin and Mallory McCane O’Connor
III. Uncovering Bartram: New Discoveries
8. The Bartrams, Clarence B. Moore, and Mount Royal: Early Archaeology on the St. Johns River, Florida - Jerald T. Milanich
9. Where Bartram Sat: Historic Creek Indian Architecture in the Eighteenth Century - Craig T. Sheldon Jr.
10. E. G. Squier’s Manuscript Copy of William Bartram’s Observations on the Creek and Cherokee Indians - Mark Williams
IV. Botanical Discoveries
11. William Bartram’s Oenothera grandiflora: “The Most Pompous and Brilliant Herbaceous Plant yet Known to Exist” - Joel T. Fry
12. The Mystery of the Okeechobee Gourd - Marc C. Minno and Maria Minno
V. Natural History Writing in the Twenty-first Century
13. The Role of Digital Specimen Images in Historical Research - Stephanie C. Haas, Kent D. Perkins, and Michael Bond
14. Bartram’s Legacy: Nature Advocacy - Charlotte M. Porter
Bibliography
Contributors
Index