Posts by jnisbet
Museum Exhibit
David Douglas: A Naturalist at Work, an exhibit that explores Douglas’s adventures in the Northwest between 1825 and 1834 will open at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture in Spokane on September 22, 2012. Jack’s latest book, a collection of essays with the same title, will be in bookstores in early November, 2012. See calendar for upcoming events related to both the book and the exhibit.
Read MoreA Remarkable Garden
“A Remarkable Garden: David Douglas and the Shrub-Steppe of the Columbia Plateau” The summer 2012 issue of Rock Garden Quarterly has an article about dryland plants collected by David Douglas on the Columbia Plateau and the tribal uses that he observed. For an online view, visit www.nargs.org
Read MoreDavid Douglas and Lewis & Clark
“David Douglas on the Heels of the Corps of Discovery” The summer 2012 issue of We Proceeded On has an article touching on the connections between the floral collections of Meriwether Lewis west of the Rockies and those of David Douglas two decades later.
Read MoreThe Surveys of David Douglas
The May 2012 issue of American Surveyor includes an essay about David Douglas’s surveying and geomagnetic activities during his second visit to the Northwest in 1830 – 1833. “Fearful Excitement: The Surveys of David Douglas” For an online view, visit www.amerisurv.com
Read MoreColumbia Magazine article
The spring edition of Columbia Magazine contains an article on David Douglas adapted from my 2011 Curtiss Hill lecture at the Washington State Historical Society.
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