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Letters from Alabama, (U.S.) [[electronic resource] ] : chiefly relating to natural history / / Philip Henry Gosse; with an introduction by Harvey H. Jackson III



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Autore: Gosse Philip Henry <1810-1888.> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Letters from Alabama, (U.S.) [[electronic resource] ] : chiefly relating to natural history / / Philip Henry Gosse; with an introduction by Harvey H. Jackson III Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c1993
Edizione: Annotated ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (362 p.)
Disciplina: 508.761
Soggetto topico: Natural history - Alabama
Soggetto geografico: Alabama Description and travel
Note generali: Originally published: London : Morgan and Chase, 1859. With new introd.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; Introduction; Facsimile of Title Page; Preface; Facsimile of Contents; Letters from Alabama; Notes
Sommario/riassunto: 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
Titolo autorizzato: Letters from Alabama, (U.S.)  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8173-8312-3
0-585-32308-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910778983503321
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Serie: Library of Alabama classics.