From an endangered species of prickly pear cactus to a daisy and even a snake, the name Lindheimer is tied to the nomenclature of Texas natives in nature.
She is retired from the faculty of the University of Texas at Arlington and is a freelance translator and writer..
About author(s): MINETTA Altgelt Goyne has written and lectured extensively about the German language and culture and is the author of Lone Star and Double Eagle.
His wealth of experiences and pointed observations make this a story that will intrigue botanists, Germanists, historians, and Texans everywhere.
His comments in his Letters to Engelmann about the personalities and practices of the Texas German immigrants and their leaders are at times witty and biting.
Goyne\'s biographical research and annotations make Lindheimer\'s Letters a fascinating window on his excitement in discovering new species and oddities and his frustrations with immigration politics and frontier life.
Like Lindheimer in the tangled prairies, Minetta Altgelt Goyne spent more than a decade on a difficult task: deciphering and translating more than forty of Lindheimer\'s letters, contained in the Engelmann Papers at the Missouri Botanical Garden archives.
His correspondent, friend, fellow botanist, and fellow Frankfurt native was George Engelmann, who also served as Lindheimer\'s conduit to civilization and to botanic circles worldwide.
The name originally belonged to Ferdinand Lindheimer, one of the Southwest\'s first serious scientists, who came to be known as the "Father of Texas Botany." This immigrant from Frankfurt, Germany, spent more than a decade living on a shoestring budget as he searched the wilds of Central and Southeast Texas for new species.
From an endangered species of prickly pear cactus to a daisy and even a snake, the name Lindheimer is tied to the nomenclature of Texas natives in nature
