The Drummonds of Hawthornden by Rica Erickson

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Pages are sunned. Moisture mark on first few pages of book. Dust jacket is in fair condition with tears to edges and marks on back cover. Dust jacket is now enclosed in protective cover. Signed by author.

This fascinating book serves as a bridge between Rica Erikson's two loves - botany and history. It is the biography of James Drummond (1784-1863), who was born in Hawthornden, Scotland and arrived in Western Australia on the Parmelia in 1829.

He was the first resident government naturalist/botanist, and his family established the property of Hawthornden in the Toodyay Valley near where Rica lived at Bolgart. (State Library of WA).

Includes bibliography and index.