"Fields of Vision: Essays on the Travels of William Bartram" - Edited by Kathryn E. Holland Braund and Charlotte M. Porter

The Bartram Trail Conference fosters Bartram scholarship through biennial conferences held along the route of William Bartram's travels. This richly illustrated volume of essays, a selection from recent conferences, brings together scholarly contributions from history, archaeology, and botany. The authors discuss the political and personal context of his travels; species of interest to Bartram; Creek architecture; foodways in the 18th-century south, particularly those of Native American groups that Bartram encountered; rediscovery of a lost Bartram manuscript; new techniques for charting Bartram’s trail and imaging his collections; and a fine analysis of Bartram’s place in contemporary environmental issues.