Warren's easy style combined with Rafinesque's always entertaining, if not somewhat tragic, adventures make for a quick and informative read.
~Academia
A well-written book about a fascinating and misunderstood naturalist.... All readers interested in the people who practice science will enjoy it. Recommended.
~Choice
The reader comes away from this work satisfied that Rafinesque at last has found the biographer he deserves.... Will interest all those curious about science in early America
~Indiana Magazine of History
A balanced and informative biography.
~Journal of the History of Biology
Well-organized and engagingly written-Warren has done impressive research into all of Rafinesque's endeavors: botany, zoology, ethnography, linguistics, geography.
~Karen Reeds, Princeton Research Forum
Rafinesque was plagued by the flaws of his personality, often undone by the sheer breadth and depth of his interest.... An engaging academic biography of a sad enigma.
~Lexington Herald-Leader
A comprehensive and readable biography of this remarkable and complex man.
~Northern Kentucky Heritage
One of the most exhilarating characters in American frontier history, a legend in scientific circles rivaled only by Johnny Appleseed, Paul Bunyon, Davy Crockett, or Daniel Boone in others.
~Southern Seen, Clarksville (VA) News-Progress, Union City (TN) Messenger, Woodfo