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Author:

Enright, Kelly.

Title:

The maximum of wilderness : the jungle in the American imagination / Kelly Enright.

Publisher:

University of Virginia Press,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

x, 187 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Natural history literature--United States--History--20th century.
American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
Tropics--In literature
Jungles in literature.
Wilderness areas in literature.
Tropics--Historiography.
Tropics--In popular culture.
Tropics--Foreign public opinion, American.
United States--Civilization--20th century.
United States--Intellectual life--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-179) and index.

Contents:

Locating a New Wilderness : Nature and Conservation at the Start of the Twentieth Century -- Tame Adventures and Wild Homes : Encountering the Jungle with Martin and Osa Johnson -- Discovering Jungle Peace : The Prolonged Observations of William Beebe -- Ingesting the Jungle : The Botanical Experiences of David Fairchild and Richard Evans Schultes.

ISBN:

0813932432 (e-book)
9780813932439 (e-book)
0813932289 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780813932286 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)743298756

LCCN:

2011026499

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)