Description:
The Attention of a Traveller gathers leading scholars to reexamine William Bartram's iconic Travels, offering fresh, interdisciplinary insights into the natural, cultural, and Indigenous worlds he encountered across the eighteenth-century Southeast. Edited by Kathryn H. Braund, this rich collection illuminates Bartram's legacy through perspectives spanning geology, art history, literary studies, philosophy, and biology--revealing how his vivid observations, scientific curiosity, and encounters with Native nations shaped early American natural history and continue to inspire researchers today.
Review Quotes:
"Like its predecessor, Fields of Vision: Essays on the "Travels" of William Bartram, this collection distills the essence of a biennial meeting of the Bartram Trail Conference, and once again reflects the eclectic scholarly interests of that unique organization." --Gregory A. Waselkov, author of A Conquering Spirit: Fort Mims and the Redstick War of 1813-1814