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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Choice Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Leach, William, 1944-     Subjects     Butterflies.     Butterflies -- History -- 19th century.     Entomologists -- History -- 19th century.     Entomologists.     Lepidopterology -- History -- 19th century.     Industrial revolution -- History -- 19th century.     Butterflies -- Identification.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Leach, William, 1944-       by title:      Butterfly people : a...       by call number:      595.789 L434b     Search the Web     Leach, William, 1944-     Butterflies.     Butterflies -- History -- 19th century.     Entomologists -- History -- 19th century.     Entomologists.     Lepidopterology -- History -- 19th century.     Industrial revolution -- History -- 19th century.     Butterflies -- Identification.       MARC Display

Butterfly people : an American encounter with the beauty of the world / William Leach. by Leach, William, 1944- Pantheon Books, 2013. Call #: 595.789 L434b Subjects Butterflies.   Butterflies -- History -- 19th century.   Entomologists -- History -- 19th century.   Entomologists.   Lepidopterology -- History -- 19th century.   Industrial revolution -- History -- 19th century.   Butterflies -- Identification. ISBN:  9780375422935 0375422935 Alternate title:  American encounter with the beauty of the world Edition:  1st ed. Description:  xxvi, 388 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (some col.) ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents:  Pt. 1. Encounters with the butterflies of America. Yankee butterfly people -- The German-American romantics -- Beating hearts -- Word power -- The life and death of butterflies -- pt. 2. Encounters with the butterflies of the world. In the wake of empire -- Butterflies at the fair -- Death of the butterfly people. Summary:  "From one of our most highly regarded historians, here is an original and engrossing chronicle of nineteenth-century America’s infatuation with butterflies, and the story of the naturalists who unveiled the mysteries of their existence."--From publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Woodlawn Public Library Adult Nonfiction 595.789 L434b Adult books Checked out Oct 11, 2024 Add Copy to MyList

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