Gideon Lincecum, 1793-1874: A Biography

by Lois Wood Burkhalter

Book Overview

In Gideon Lincecum's lifetime the United States expanded from fifteen to thirty-eight states--and Lincecum moved always with or ahead of that expansion. Possessed of a driving intellectual curiosity undeterred by lack of formal education, Lincecum examined all he confronted. He learned from Indians, he read widely, and he corresponded with the great minds of his day. In the process he became many things: physician, musician, botanist, entomologist,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292709986
• ISBN13: 9780292709980
• Release Date: January 1965
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"