Letters from Alabama: Chiefly Relating to Natural History

by Philip Henry Gosse

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817306838
• ISBN13: 9780817306830
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.4"