Butterfly people : an American encounter with the beauty of the world /
Leach, William, 1944-
Butterfly people : an American encounter with the beauty of the world / William Leach. - 1st ed. - New York : Pantheon Books, 2013. - xxvi, 388 p. : ill.. (chiefly col.), maps (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-369) and index.
Encounters with the butterflies of America. Yankee butterfly people ; The German-American romantics ; Beating hearts ; Word power ; The life and death of butterflies -- Encounters with the butterflies of the world. In the wake of empire ; Butterflies at the fair ; Death of the butterfly people.
0375422935 9780375422935 : $32.50
2012000389
Butterflies--History--United States--19th century.
Entomologists--History--United States--19th century.
Industrial revolution--History--United States--19th century.
Butterfly people : an American encounter with the beauty of the world / William Leach. - 1st ed. - New York : Pantheon Books, 2013. - xxvi, 388 p. : ill.. (chiefly col.), maps (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-369) and index.
Encounters with the butterflies of America. Yankee butterfly people ; The German-American romantics ; Beating hearts ; Word power ; The life and death of butterflies -- Encounters with the butterflies of the world. In the wake of empire ; Butterflies at the fair ; Death of the butterfly people.
0375422935 9780375422935 : $32.50
2012000389
Butterflies--History--United States--19th century.
Entomologists--History--United States--19th century.
Industrial revolution--History--United States--19th century.