A Long Ride in Texas: The Explorations of John Leonard Riddell
(Part of the Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students Series)
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John Leonard Riddell was a medical doctor, geologist, and botanist who traveled from New Orleans through Texas in 1839, surveying the Texas Hill Country for a group of businessmen searching for the lost San Saba silver mine. By joining the expedition, which of course did not find the mine, Riddell became the first trained scientist--preceding even Ferdinand Roemer--to visit the area of the Edwards Plateau and to provide a detailed description of the...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:089096582X
ISBN13:9780890965825
Release Date:May 1994
Publisher:Texas A&M University Press
Length:136 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.9" x 8.8"
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