The Forgotten Botanist tells the story of Sara Plummer Lemmon, a little-known and underappreciated woman of both science and art who did much of the botanical work attributed to her husband, John Gill Lemmon.
The Forgotten Botanist tells the story of Sara Plummer Lemmon, a little-known and underappreciated woman of both science and art who did much of the botanical work attributed to her husband, John Gill Lemmon.
Wynne Brown is an independent scholar, editor, poet, and graphic designer. She is the author of More Than Petticoats: Remarkable Arizona Women and the coeditor of Cave Creek Canyon: Revealing the Heart of Arizona’s Chiricahua Mountains, among other books.
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List of Illustrations Preface Prologue: New York Harbor, December 1869 1. “Now I Am at the Jumping Off Place”: San Francisco, 1870 2. “Perhaps You’ve Heard Our Sadie Was Killed”: Santa Barbara, 1870 3. “It Is Like Death to Me to Be Idle”: Santa Barbara, 1871–76 4. “A Great Botanist from the Sierras”: Michigan, the Civil War, and Northern California, 1832–76 5. “My Dear, Soul-Knit Brother”: Santa Barbara and Sierra Valley, 1876–77 6. “Into the Matrimonial Vortex!”: Santa Barbara and Oakland, 1877–80 7. “Try to Touch the Heart of Santa Catalina”: Southern Arizona, Spring 1881 8. “An Extreme Outpost of Civilized Life”: Southern Arizona, Fall 1881 9. “Eleven Days of Dungeon Life”: Southern Arizona, Fall 1881 10. “Happy in Our Work & in Each Other”: Oakland, 1881–82 11. “Rushing, Reckless Life of a True Mining Town”: Southern Arizona, Summer 1882 12. “A Botanical Paradise”: Southern Arizona, Summer–Fall 1882 13. “Considered by Less Ambitious a Fine Season’s Work”: Oakland and Southern Arizona, 1882–83 14. “Lives Cast in Pleasant Places”: Northern Arizona and New Mexico, 1884 15. “Grandest Display the World Has Ever Known”: New Orleans and New England, 1884–85 16. “Our Hillock in Cholame”: Near San Luis Obispo, California, 1885–87 17. “Life, to Me, Seems Sweeter Each Year”: Oakland and Mexico, 1887–88 18. “The Narrowest Escape from Instant Death”: Oakland, 1888–91 19. “Sell Everything and Move to California!”: Oakland and Chicago, 1891–93 20. “A Sweet, Sacred Togetherness”: Oakland and Mexico, 1894–98 21. “Wish We Were Out in the Wild Woods”: Oakland and Arizona, 1899–1903 22. “Safe—Tho’ Tremendously Shaken”: Arizona and Oakland, 1903–6 23. “I Feel So Helpless and Alone”: Oakland, 1906–12 24. “Partners in Botany”: Oakland, 1908–23 Epilogue Acknowledgments Selected Bibliography
List of Illustrations Preface Prologue: New York Harbor, December 1869 1. “Now I Am at the Jumping Off Place”: San Francisco, 1870 2. “Perhaps You’ve Heard Our Sadie Was Killed”: Santa Barbara, 1870 3. “It Is Like Death to Me to Be Idle”: Santa Barbara, 1871–76 4. “A Great Botanist from the Sierras”: Michigan, the Civil War, and Northern California, 1832–76 5. “My Dear, Soul-Knit Brother”: Santa Barbara and Sierra Valley, 1876–77 6. “Into the Matrimonial Vortex!”: Santa Barbara and Oakland, 1877–80 7. “Try to Touch the Heart of Santa Catalina”: Southern Arizona, Spring 1881 8. “An Extreme Outpost of Civilized Life”: Southern Arizona, Fall 1881 9. “Eleven Days of Dungeon Life”: Southern Arizona, Fall 1881 10. “Happy in Our Work & in Each Other”: Oakland, 1881–82 11. “Rushing, Reckless Life of a True Mining Town”: Southern Arizona, Summer 1882 12. “A Botanical Paradise”: Southern Arizona, Summer–Fall 1882 13. “Considered by Less Ambitious a Fine Season’s Work”: Oakland and Southern Arizona, 1882–83 14. “Lives Cast in Pleasant Places”: Northern Arizona and New Mexico, 1884 15. “Grandest Display the World Has Ever Known”: New Orleans and New England, 1884–85 16. “Our Hillock in Cholame”: Near San Luis Obispo, California, 1885–87 17. “Life, to Me, Seems Sweeter Each Year”: Oakland and Mexico, 1887–88 18. “The Narrowest Escape from Instant Death”: Oakland, 1888–91 19. “Sell Everything and Move to California!”: Oakland and Chicago, 1891–93 20. “A Sweet, Sacred Togetherness”: Oakland and Mexico, 1894–98 21. “Wish We Were Out in the Wild Woods”: Oakland and Arizona, 1899–1903 22. “Safe—Tho’ Tremendously Shaken”: Arizona and Oakland, 1903–6 23. “I Feel So Helpless and Alone”: Oakland, 1906–12 24. “Partners in Botany”: Oakland, 1908–23 Epilogue Acknowledgments Selected Bibliography
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