TY - BOOK AU - Ray,Deborah Kogan TI - The flower hunter: William Bartram, America's first naturalist SN - 0374345899 AV - QK26 .R38 2004 PY - 2004/// CY - New York PB - Farrar, Straus and Giroux KW - Bartram, William, KW - Bartram, John, KW - Botanists KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Juvenile literature KW - Naturalists KW - Scientists N1 - "Frances Foster books."; Includes bibliographical references; Recommended for primary school (age 6-12) and up. N2 - Told through paintings and journal entries dated 1747 through 1777, this remarkable story begins when William Bartram is just eight years old. His adventures with his father, John Bartram, bring him into contact with native people, plants, animals, and even Benjamin Franklin. (Miller Library Staff); Young Billy Bartram keeps a journal of his experiences learning about the plants of the colonial United States from his father, John Bartram, as they travel together gathering specimens and planting seeds UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/hol055/2002023186.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol042/2002023186.html UR - https://depts.washington.edu/hortlib/book/the-flower-hunter/ ER -