LEADER 02486nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910820380003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8173-8312-3 010 $a0-585-32308-9 035 $a(CKB)111004368623056 035 $a(EBL)454484 035 $a(OCoLC)609844495 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000191526 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11181526 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000191526 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10183730 035 $a(PQKB)11699816 035 $a(OCoLC)45842877 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse9145 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL454484 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10387722 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC454484 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004368623056 100 $a19920708e19931859 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLetters from Alabama, (U.S.) $echiefly relating to natural history /$fPhilip Henry Gosse; with an introduction by Harvey H. Jackson III 205 $aAnnotated ed. 210 $aTuscaloosa $cUniversity of Alabama Press$dc1993 215 $a1 online resource (362 p.) 225 1 $aThe Library of Alabama classics 300 $aOriginally published: London : Morgan and Chase, 1859. With new introd. 311 $a0-8173-0683-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aCONTENTS; Introduction; Facsimile of Title Page; Preface; Facsimile of Contents; Letters from Alabama; Notes 330 $a Philip Henry Gosse (1810-1888), a British naturalist, left home at age 17 and made his way to Alabama in 1838, where he had heard educated people were in demand. He was employed by Judge Reuben Saffold at Pleasant Hill in Dallas County as a teacher for about a dozen children of local landowners, but his principal interest was natural history. During the eight months he lived in th Black Belt he watched, listened, thought, took notes, and made sketches--activities that eventually led to Letters from Alabama. He lived among Alabamians, talked and listened to them, saw them at the 410 0$aLibrary of Alabama classics. 606 $aNatural history$zAlabama 607 $aAlabama$xDescription and travel 615 0$aNatural history 676 $a508.761 700 $aGosse$b Philip Henry$f1810-1888.$088488 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820380003321 996 $aLetters from Alabama, (U.S.)$94111088 997 $aUNINA