PalmettoLeaves Annotated Illustrated eBook Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Palmetto Leaves is a memoir and travel guide written by Harriet Beecher Stowe about her winters in the town of Mandarin, Florida, published in 1873. Already famous for having written Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), Stowe came to Florida after the U.S. Civil War (1861–1865). She purchased a plantation near Jacksonville as a place for her son to recover from the injuries he had received as a Union soldier and to make a new start in life. After visiting him, she became so enamored with the region she purchased a cottage and orange grove for herself and wintered there until 1884, even though the plantation failed within its first year. Parts of Palmetto Leaves appeared in a newspaper published by Stowe's brother, as a series of letters and essays about life in northeast Florida.
PalmettoLeaves Annotated Illustrated eBook Harriet Beecher Stowe
When traveling, I like to read books that connect to my destinations. I knew little about Palmetto-Leaves except that it was written by the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin and was related to Florida to where I was headed. It turned out to be an ideal Florida read, helping to erase the din of condo developments, killer drivers and loud restaurants, letting you remember what once lay beneath the cement.In 1872, Stowe and her husband, "the Professor," settled in Mandarin, in northern Florida. The chapters are newsy accounts and advice for a northern audience with fine descriptive passages and sketches of daily life, agricultural and climatic realities and economics, and the people she finds there. Get past the opening folly, the metaphor of a stray dog encountered during the move down there, and you have a shrewd but warm modern journalistic voice. It neatly documents the post Civil War era, especially the former slave culture that was finding its way through education and land grants. Stowe proudly considers her vision of the former slave community to be supportive and progressive, especially as she argues the work ethic and contribution to the economy. She'd probably be wounded to hear that her "noble savage" outlook is no longer considered enlightened. But the picture she provides of a new world rising, before Jim Crow washes over the South, is important. Her outlook on the value of education for all children is sanguine and always significant. And her record of Victorian era travel, as yet undisturbed nature and the origins of wealthy winter homes is valuable.
A note about this edition: I gather it is print on demand. It is a photocopy of an original copy--you can see shadows of original markings on the page, and the paper is, well, bright white 20 lb. copy paper. But the important thing is, those of us who love physical books have access to this title.
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PalmettoLeaves Annotated Illustrated eBook Harriet Beecher Stowe Reviews
This book was so informative. I live in Florida. It is an amazing place.
truly great book
I live near near her homestead and the book brought me delightful information about the settlement of the St. Johns River area. Particularly enjoyed reading about the flora and the river outings. It was also enlightening to read about the free Negroes that migrated to the area.
Although the language is reflective of the times and a bit wordy and flowery, it still presents a great insight of early Florida.
An excellent addition to a historical library describing the early pre-mass tourist days of life in the state of Florida, and written by a very recognizable name author.
I live in Florida as a new transplant. This makes the history and the old way of life of "Old Florida" alive and real. It is a journal of travel of some rich, but un-snobby people telling all about their 1800"s travel in Florida. It is very interesting.
I was happy to find the book available due to its age. I have no issue with the content but am not completely happy with the format.
It says it was made in the USA but says all disputes will be handled by the courts of Mandsaur, a region in India. It has grainy copies of the original illustrations. The type may be what the original book used, I don't know, but it is almost script-like and not dark enough. It is certainly still readable, just not as easily as most books. The spine is blank so you cannot identify the book when it is on the shelf with other books. All that having been said, it's very nice to get a copy of this fine old book for my Florida collection.
When traveling, I like to read books that connect to my destinations. I knew little about Palmetto-Leaves except that it was written by the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin and was related to Florida to where I was headed. It turned out to be an ideal Florida read, helping to erase the din of condo developments, killer drivers and loud restaurants, letting you remember what once lay beneath the cement.
In 1872, Stowe and her husband, "the Professor," settled in Mandarin, in northern Florida. The chapters are newsy accounts and advice for a northern audience with fine descriptive passages and sketches of daily life, agricultural and climatic realities and economics, and the people she finds there. Get past the opening folly, the metaphor of a stray dog encountered during the move down there, and you have a shrewd but warm modern journalistic voice. It neatly documents the post Civil War era, especially the former slave culture that was finding its way through education and land grants. Stowe proudly considers her vision of the former slave community to be supportive and progressive, especially as she argues the work ethic and contribution to the economy. She'd probably be wounded to hear that her "noble savage" outlook is no longer considered enlightened. But the picture she provides of a new world rising, before Jim Crow washes over the South, is important. Her outlook on the value of education for all children is sanguine and always significant. And her record of Victorian era travel, as yet undisturbed nature and the origins of wealthy winter homes is valuable.
A note about this edition I gather it is print on demand. It is a photocopy of an original copy--you can see shadows of original markings on the page, and the paper is, well, bright white 20 lb. copy paper. But the important thing is, those of us who love physical books have access to this title.
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