This Week’s Reading Material….

[lagilman]

William Bartram, 1739-1823 Travels Through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws; Containing An Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of Those Regions, Together with Observations on the Manners of the Indians. Embellished with Copper-Plates.

Yes, that's really the title.

Yes, it's project-related.

Yes, this also connects to yesterday's trip to the Peabody Essex Museum.

No, I'm not going to tell you any more than that.

Originally published at Writer. Editor. Tired Person.

Comments

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

I remember reading that while I still lived in Georgia. Interesting, and not as opaque as some of its contemporary writing.

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

That sounds rather interesting.