JOURNEY THROUGH A PART OF THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA IN THE YEARS 1844 TO 1846
Language: English
Published by Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale, IL, 1972
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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Seller: Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Talent, OR, U.S.A.Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books, ABAA
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The first English translation of an early account of paleontological exploration in the United States in the years 1844-46. The book also sketches many fascinating vignettes of American life in the period. 177 pages with photographs, illustrations, maps, references and index. Fine in fine dust jacket with just a hint of rubbing.
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- Title
- JOURNEY THROUGH A PART OF THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA IN THE YEARS 1844 TO 1846
- Author
- Koch, Albert C. [Ernst A. Stadler, editor and translator]
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale, IL
- Publication year
- 1972
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Book Type
- Book
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 080930581X
- ISBN 13
- 9780809305810
- Edition
- First US edition, first printing.
- Seller catalogs
- Science Fiction, Fantasy, Supernatural
In 1844, Albert Koch, then an obscure but passionate paleontologist, began his remarkable journey. His objective was paleontological exploration, and his travels took him by land and water from Marthas Vineyard, Massachusetts, to New Orleans and Alabama in search of the gigantic sea serpent, or Zeuglodon. His full, day-by-day, record of his journey was excerpted and published in Germany in 1847. The book, which is extremely rare, is here translated and published in English for the first time.
Not only was Koch a passionate scientist; he was also a shrewd observer of the social and political scene. His observations are replete with staggering detail, and his impressions given in vivid descriptions. An unusual and important contribution to the history of American civilization.
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About the Author
Ernst A. Stadler, the translator and editor of this edition, was born in Passau, Bavaria, in 1928, and educated in Germany. He is a resident of St. Louis, where he is employed by Anheuser-Busch.
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