| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 306 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction : Wilson R. Bachelor, whys and wherefores / by William D. Lindsey -- Diary of Wilson R. Bachelor (1870-1902) -- Occasional pieces from the scrapbook of Wilson R. Bachelor (1890s) -- Letters of Wilson R. Bachelor (1890s) -- Afterword : medicine in the Arkansas River Valley, 1865-1890 / by Jonathan Wolfe -- Appendix I : Goodspeed autobiography of Wilson R. Bachelor (1889) -- Appendix II : masonic eulogy of Wilson R. Bachelor (1903) -- Appendix III : report of Wilson R. and Sarah Bachelor's golden wedding anniversary (1897) -- Appendix IV : letter of Wilson R. Bachelor to Zion's ensign (4 February 1893) -- Appendix V : genealogical charts |
| Summary |
Wilson R. Bachelor was a Tennessee native who moved with his family to Franklin County, Arkansas, in 1870. A country doctor and natural philosopher, Bachelor was impelled to chronicle his life from 1870 to 1902, documenting the family's move to Arkansas, their settling a farm in Franklin County, and Bachelor's medical practice. Bachelor was an avid reader with wide-ranging interests in literature, science, nature, politics, and religion, and he became a self-professed freethinker in the 1870s. He was driven by a concept he called "fiat flux," an awareness of the "rapid flight of time" that motivated him to treat the people around him and the world itself as precious and fleeting |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-281) and index |
| Notes |
Not distributed; available at Arkansas State Library |
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Print version record |
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Bachelor, Wilson R., 1827-1903 -- Authorship
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Bachelor, Wilson R., 1827-1903 -- Diaries
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| SUBJECT |
Bachelor, Wilson R., 1827-1903 |
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Bachelor, Wilson R., 1827-1903 fast |
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Physicians -- Arkansas -- Franklin County -- Biography
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Freethinkers -- Arkansas -- Franklin County -- Biography
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Philosophers -- Arkansas -- Franklin County -- Biography
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Physicians.
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Physicians
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physicians.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference.
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MEDICAL -- Alternative Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Atlases.
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MEDICAL -- Essays.
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MEDICAL -- Family & General Practice.
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MEDICAL -- Holistic Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Osteopathy.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Essays.
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Authorship
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Freethinkers
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Philosophers
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Physicians
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Tennessee https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013714 |
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Arkansas https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001131 |
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Arkansas -- Franklin County
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diaries.
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Biographies
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Diaries
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Biographies.
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Diaries.
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Journaux intimes.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Lindsey, William D., 1950-
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Bruce, Thomas Allen, 1930-2016
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Wolfe, Jonathan James, 1944-
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| ISBN |
9781610755252 |
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1610755251 |
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1299775780 |
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9781299775787 |
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