"Arkansas Travelers: Geographies of Exploration & Perception, 1804-1834"

Historian and geographer, Andrew J. Milson, integrates the stories of four travelers who explored Arkansas during the period between the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 and statehood in 1836:  William Dunbar, Thomas Nuttall, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, and George William Featherstonhaugh.  Milson explores the impact such travel narratives have had on geographical understandings of Arkansas places.  346 pages, 36 images