Letters from Alabama (U.S.) - 9781108084536

Letters from Alabama (U.S.)Chiefly Relating to Natural History\nAuthor(s): Philip Henry Gosse\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108084536, 978-1108084536\nSynopsis\nThe English naturalist Philip Henry Gosse [tel] spent nine months in 18389 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 master.