Letters from Alabama (U.S.) : Chiefly Relating to Natural History

Name: Letters from Alabama (U.S.)
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9781108084536
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ISBN: 9781108084536

by Philip Henry Gosse

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Cambridge Library Collection - Life Sciences

ISBN-10 1108084532

ISBN-13 9781108084536

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Imprint Cambridge University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Apr 30th, 2015

Print length 324 Pages

Weight 420 grams

Dimensions 13.90 x 21.70 x 2.20 cms

Product Classification: Botany & plant sciences Botany and plant sciences

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The English naturalist Philip Gosse spent nine months in 1838–9 in a small town in Alabama. This 1859 work recounts his voyage from Philadelphia to Mobile, Alabama, and the environment around his new home in the hills, with vivid descriptions of the plants, animals and insects he observed there.

The English naturalist Philip Henry Gosse (1810–88) spent nine months in 1838–9 in a small town in Alabama where he was the teacher at the local school. His time there was unhappy because of the widespread abuse of slaves he witnessed, the support of the practice by his fellow Methodists being particularly distressing. However, he loved the beauty of his surroundings, and the abundant wildlife, and in 1859 he published this account in the form of nineteen letters. Gosse recounts in detail his voyage from Philadelphia to Mobile, Alabama, and the environment around his new home in the hills, with vivid descriptions of the plants, animals and insects he observed there. He rarely mentions slavery specifically, but the arrogance of the masters and the plight of their 'possessions' is a recurring theme in the work. Other books on natural history by Gosse are also reissued in this series.

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