Gone to the Swamp - Raw Materials for the Good Life in the Mobile-Tensaw Delta

Klappentext This fascinating and instructive book is the careful and unpretentious account of a man who was artful in all the skills needed to survive and raise a family in an area where most people would be lost or helpless. Smith's story is an important record of a way of life beginning to disappear! a loss not fully yet realized. We are lucky to have a work that is both instructive and warm-hearted and that preserves so much hard-won knowledge. Zusammenfassung In the hinterland behind the port of Mobile lies the vast swampy convergence of the Mobile and Tensaw Rivers! a delta rich in fish! game animals! hard and softwood resources. This book offers an account of a man who was artful in all the skills needed to survive and raise a family in this area where most people would be lost or helpless.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Robert Leslie Smith
• Editore: The University of Alabama Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 21.09.2008
• EAN: 9780817354947
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-5494-7
• Pagine: 273
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Serie: Fire Ant Books; Fire Ant Books
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Biografie, autobiografie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni