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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    05 November 2015
    30 April 2015
    ISBN:
    9781316259443
    9781108084536
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316259443
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    Weight & Pages:
    Dimensions:
    (216 x 140 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.41kg, 324 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Plant Sciences, Life Sciences, Zoology
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Life Sciences
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    Subjects:
    Plant Sciences, Life Sciences, Zoology
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Life Sciences
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    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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