Contents
A Note on Terminology
Prologue
Introduction
1. A Swedish Son and Schoolboy 1819–1839
2. Young Romantics and Natural History Heroes 1840–1843
3. Letters from America and a Trip to Gotland Island 1841–1842
4. Lovers and Friends on the Svea 1842–1843
5. The Swedish Gentlemen at Lake Koshkonong 1843
6. A Settler’s Journal 1844
7. The Starving Time 1845–1849
8. American Birds and Bird Books 1850–1851
9. Thomas Brewer and the Yellow-headed Blackbird 1851–1853
10. Bird Puzzles 1853–1859
11. Friendships, Botany, and War 1859–1866
12. The Sons and Schools of Fine-grained Men 1866–1875
13. Rising Sons and Disappearances 1876–1880
14. Hosts of Beautiful Things in the World 1880–1888
Epilogue
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index