Andre & Francois A. Michaux -- John Chapman -- Alexander Wilson -- John James Audubon -- William Maclure -- Thomas Say -- Lucy (Sistare) Say -- Charles Alexandre Lesueur -- Gerard Z. Troost -- Constantine Samuel Rafinesque -- Prince Maxmilian of Wied -- David Dale Owen -- Richard Owen -- Daniel Kirkwood -- Simon Pokagon -- Maurice Thompson -- Daniel Carter Beard -- John Muir -- Isaac Washington Brown -- William Watson Woollen -- Gene Stratton-Porter -- Richard Lieber -- Lucy Pitschler -- Willis Stanley Blatchley -- Amos W. Butler -- Edward Bruce Williamson -- Carl & Rosa (Smith) Eigenmann -- Stanley & John Merle Coulter -- Henry C. Cowles -- Jens Jensen -- Charles C. Deam -- Edwin Way Teale -- Alton A. Lindsey -- Lynton K. Caldwell -- Marion T. Jackson -- Harold W. Allison.

"Anyone curious about nature and Indiana will find interest in this collective biography of naturalists who were in some way connected to the Hoosier state. Experts of the natural world, the naturalists herein were individuals whose fascination with nature became their lifelong passion. Ranging from dedicated amateurs to specialized scientists, some renowned and other unfamiliar, their time in Indiana may have been brief as was John Muir, or nearly permanent as Gene Stratton-Porter. Once the scientific center of the American frontier, New Harmony attracted naturalists such as William Maclure, Thomas Say, and Charles Alexandre Lesueur."--Page [4] of cover.