Author: Edwin Smith
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
ISBN: 1682260429
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 632
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Book Description
An Arkansas Florilegium is a late-flowering extension of the work initiated sixty years ago with University of Arkansas botanist Edwin B. Smith’s first entries in his pioneering Atlas and Annotated List of the Vascular Plants of Arkansas. Soon after this seminal survey of the state’s flora was published in 1978, Kent Bonar, a Missouri-born Thoreau acolyte employed as a naturalist by the Arkansas Park Service, began lugging the volume along on hikes through the woods surrounding his Newton County home, entering hundreds upon hundreds of meticulous illustrations into Smith’s work. Thirty-five years later, with Smith retired and Bonar long gone from the park service but still drawing, Bonar’s weathered and battered copy of the atlas was seized by a diverse cadre of amateur admirers motivated by fears of its damage or loss. Their fears were certainly justified; after all, the pages were now jammed to the margins with some 3,500 drawings, and the volume had already survived one accidental dunking in an Ozark stream. An Arkansas Florilegium brings Smith’s and Bonar’s knowledge and lifelong diligence to the world in this unique mix of art, science, and Arkansas saga.
Author: Edwin B. Smith
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781610756259
Category : SCIENCE
Languages : en
Pages : 633
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"An Arkansas Florilegium is a late-flowering extension of the work initiated sixty years ago with University of Arkansas botanist Edwin B. Smith's first entries in his pioneering Atlas and Annotated List of the Vascular Plants of Arkansas. Soon after this seminal survey of the state's flora was published in 1978, Kent Bonar, a Missouri-born Thoreau acolyte employed as a naturalist by the Arkansas Park Service, began lugging the volume along on hikes through the woods surrounding his Newton County home, entering hundreds upon hundreds of meticulous illustrations into Smith's work. Thirty-five years later, with Smith retired and Bonar long gone from the park service but still drawing, Bonar's weathered and battered copy of the atlas was seized by a diverse cadre of amateur admirers motivated by fears of its damage or loss. Their fears were certainly justified; after all, the pages were now jammed to the margins with some 3,500 drawings, and the volume had already survived one accidental dunking in an Ozark stream. An Arkansas Florilegium brings Smith's and Bonar's knowledge and lifelong diligence to the world in this unique mix of art, science, and Arkansas saga." -Book jacket.
Author: Edwin B. Smith
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
ISBN: 9781557283122
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 382
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This comprehensive guide includes taxonomic keys to the families, genera, species, and infraspecific taxa of all the known vascular plants of Arkansas.
Author: Sabine Schmidt
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
ISBN: 1682261727
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 368
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"Arkansas-based photographers Sabine Schmidt and Don House examine several libraries that serve some of their state's smallest communities. Through vibrant images and personal essays, they document how public libraries address numerous local needs"--
Author: Basilius Besler
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783836557870
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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In 367 exquisite plates, this treasure of botanical literature records the flowers of the palatial grounds at Eichstätt, Bavaria, once some of the most beautiful gardens in history. The illustrations are organized by season and, following the classification system used today, show plants belonging to a total of 90 families and covering 340 genera.
Author: Robert Cochran
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168
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Book Description
In the process he created a remarkable historical portrait of an African American community. Through his lens we glimpse the daily patterns of segregated Pine Bluff, and we also participate in the excitement of greeting extraordinary visitors. Martin Luther King Jr., Mary McLeod Bethune, Harry S. Truman, and others all came through town.".
Author: Kelly Mulhollan
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
ISBN: 1557286817
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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"Additional photographs by Flip Putthoff and Russell Cothren."
Author: Cuesta Benberry
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
ISBN: 9781610753074
Category : African American quiltmakers
Languages : en
Pages : 194
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Author: Ivan Denton
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
ISBN: 9781557280107
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 116
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The remarkable detail and subtly stylized lines characterizing the artistry of celebrated woodcarver Ivan Denton are in abundant evidence in this beautifully illustrated volume. Chosen from collections across the country, these pieces represent the masterworks from one of a disappearing breed of artisans.
Author: Nikolaus Pevsner
Publisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 1606060015
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 234
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Book Description
A previously unpublished work by Nikolaus Pevsner, much of which was published as journal articles in the Architectural Review in the 1940s and 1950s during Pevsner's term as editor.
