| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 306 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-281) and index. |
| Note |
Not distributed; available at Arkansas State Library. |
| 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 |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Bachelor, Wilson R., 1827-1903 -- Authorship.
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Bachelor, Wilson R., 1827-1903. |
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Authorship. |
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Bachelor, Wilson R., 1827-1903 -- Diaries.
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Diaries.
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| Subject |
Bachelor, Wilson R., 1827-1903.
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Physicians -- Arkansas -- Franklin County -- Biography.
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Physicians. |
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Arkansas -- Franklin County. |
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Biographies.
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Freethinkers -- Arkansas -- Franklin County -- Biography.
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Freethinkers. |
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Philosophers -- Arkansas -- Franklin County -- Biography.
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Philosophers. |
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Tennessee. |
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Arkansas. |
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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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Diary.
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Collected Correspondence.
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Biography.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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Diaries.
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| Added 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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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bachelor, Wilson R., 1827-1903. Fiat flux 1557286361 (OCoLC)819632075 |
| ISBN |
9781610755252 (electronic book) |
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1610755251 (electronic book) |
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1299775780 (electronic book) |
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9781299775787 (electronic book) |
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1557286361 |
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9781557286369 |
| Sudoc No. |
HI.F 3/178-8:F 52/2013 |
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