About the Author

Howard E. Evans is Professor of Entomology Emeritus at Colorado State University. He is the author of a number of books, including Life on a Little Known Planet.

Reviews

"There is hardly a sentence that is ungraceful."--Donald Worster, author of Wealth of Nature and Under Western Skies
"There is hardly a sentence that is ungraceful."--Donald Worster, author of Wealth of Nature and Under Western Skies
"There is hardly a sentence that is ungraceful."--Donald Worster, author of Wealth of Nature and Under Western Skies
"Howard Evans, well-known entomologist and natural history writer, notes that [the expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains led by Major Stephen H. Long] was the first to specifically recruit members with scientific training. . . . The value of Evans' short, concise work lies in making the scientific accomplishments readily accessible. He includes three appendices listing the plants, insects, and other animals discovered by the expedition's
botanist-geologist Edwin James and its zoologist Thomas Say. Small-scale reproductions of many of the sketches and engravings by the expedition's artists, Titian Peale and Samuel Seymour, enhance the text; and
two useful maps are included."--Journal of the West
"Using the personal and scientific journals of members of the Long Expedition, sent in 1820 to explore the western lands acquired by Thomas Jefferson in 1803, this volume recounts the story of the 16-month trek, describing the personalities involved, their route, the politics of their journey, and their discoveries. Includes b&w photographs and illustrations, with appendices listing the plants, animals, and insects described."--SciTech Book News

"There is hardly a sentence that is ungraceful."--Donald Worster, author of Wealth of Nature and Under Western Skies "There is hardly a sentence that is ungraceful."--Donald Worster, author of Wealth of Nature and Under Western Skies "There is hardly a sentence that is ungraceful."--Donald Worster, author of Wealth of Nature and Under Western Skies "Howard Evans, well-known entomologist and natural history writer, notes that [the expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains led by Major Stephen H. Long] was the first to specifically recruit members with scientific training. . . . The value of Evans' short, concise work lies in making the scientific accomplishments readily accessible. He includes three appendices listing the plants, insects, and other animals discovered by the expedition's botanist-geologist Edwin James and its zoologist Thomas Say. Small-scale reproductions of many of the sketches and engravings by the expedition's artists, Titian Peale and Samuel Seymour, enhance the text; and two useful maps are included."--Journal of the West "Using the personal and scientific journals of members of the Long Expedition, sent in 1820 to explore the western lands acquired by Thomas Jefferson in 1803, this volume recounts the story of the 16-month trek, describing the personalities involved, their route, the politics of their journey, and their discoveries. Includes b&w photographs and illustrations, with appendices listing the plants, animals, and insects described."--SciTech Book News