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Author Enright, Kelly.

Title The maximum of wilderness [electronic resource] : the jungle in the American imagination / Kelly Enright.

Imprint Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2012.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description x, 187 p. : ill.
Bibliography 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Natural history literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Jungles in literature.
Wilderness areas in literature.
Tropics -- In literature.
Tropics -- Historiography.
Tropics -- In popular culture.
Tropics -- Foreign public opinion, American.
United States -- Civilization -- 20th century.
United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780813932286 (cloth : alk. paper)
0813932289 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780813932439 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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