Letters From Alabama (U.s.) - Chiefly Relating to Natural History

Klappentext This 1859 work recounts Gosse's nine-month stay in Alabama in 1838-9, with descriptions of the wildlife he observed there. Zusammenfassung The English naturalist Philip Gosse spent nine months in 1838–9 in a small town in Alabama. This 1859 work recounts 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Philadelphia; 2. Mobile; 3. School; 4. Night scene; 5. Ride to Kahawba; 6. Indian corn; 7. Description of a southern house; 8. Robbing bee's nest; 9. Peaches; 10. Florida coffee; 11. Possum hunting by night; 12. Manners of the south; 13. Night in the swamp; 14. Weather and health; 15. Cotton-picking; 16. A varied walk; 17. Association of ideas; 18. Postponement of winter; 19. A heavy turkey.

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• Autori: Philip Henry Gosse, Gosse Philip Henry
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.04.2015
• EAN: 9781108084536
• ISBN: 978-1-108-08453-6
• Pagine: 324
• Serie: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Life Sciences
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Natura; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Botanica; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General, Botany & plant sciences, Botany and plant sciences