02513nam 2200589Ia 450 991077898350332120200520144314.00-8173-8312-30-585-32308-9(CKB)111004368623056(EBL)454484(OCoLC)609844495(SSID)ssj0000191526(PQKBManifestationID)11181526(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000191526(PQKBWorkID)10183730(PQKB)11699816(OCoLC)45842877(MdBmJHUP)muse9145(Au-PeEL)EBL454484(CaPaEBR)ebr10387722(MiAaPQ)EBC454484(EXLCZ)9911100436862305619920708e19931859 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLetters from Alabama, (U.S.)[electronic resource] chiefly relating to natural history /Philip Henry Gosse; with an introduction by Harvey H. Jackson IIIAnnotated ed.Tuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc19931 online resource (362 p.)The Library of Alabama classicsOriginally published: London : Morgan and Chase, 1859. With new introd.0-8173-0683-8 Includes bibliographical references.CONTENTS; Introduction; Facsimile of Title Page; Preface; Facsimile of Contents; Letters from Alabama; Notes Philip Henry Gosse (1810-1888), a British naturalist, left home at age 17 and made his way to Alabama in 1838, where he had heard educated people were in demand. He was employed by Judge Reuben Saffold at Pleasant Hill in Dallas County as a teacher for about a dozen children of local landowners, but his principal interest was natural history. During the eight months he lived in th Black Belt he watched, listened, thought, took notes, and made sketches--activities that eventually led to Letters from Alabama. He lived among Alabamians, talked and listened to them, saw them at theLibrary of Alabama classics.Natural historyAlabamaAlabamaDescription and travelNatural history508.761Gosse Philip Henry1810-1888.88488MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778983503321Letters from Alabama, (U.S.)3869132UNINA