A British Butterfly Collector on the Texas Frontier

A British Butterfly Collector on the Texas Frontier
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Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Total Pages : 191
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ISBN-13 : 9781490759548
ISBN-10 : 1490759549
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Book Synopsis A British Butterfly Collector on the Texas Frontier by : James Kaye

Download or read book A British Butterfly Collector on the Texas Frontier written by James Kaye and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2015-05-08 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The protagonist is a young British butterfly collector who, working for the British Museum in London, collected the little-known butterflies and moths at the time in Texas in 1840. The collector teamed with a Spanish seorita to collect them across Texas when traveling in an ox-drawn covered wagon over rough and muddy roads and through the ranges of hostile Native Americans. The book is about their collections and, at times, hazardous adventures. The text is a natural history of the butterfly and moth species pictured. The book is also a history of pioneer Texas of the 1840s as well as the ethnology of Comanche Indians.


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