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WHY WE ARE HERE
MOBILE AND THE SPIRIT OF A SOUTHERN CITY |
| By: |
Edward O. Wilson, Alex Harris |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£31.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0871404702 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780871404701 |
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| Publisher: |
WW NORTON & CO |
| Pub. date: |
8 October, 2012 |
| Pages: |
240 |
| Description: |
From this historic collaboration between a beloved naturalist and a great American photographer emerges a South we've never encountered before. |
| Synopsis: |
Entranced by Edward O. Wilson's mesmerizing evocation of his Southern childhood in The Naturalist and Anthill, Alex Harris approached the scientist about collaborating on a book about Wilson's native world of Mobile, Alabama. Perceiving that Mobile was a city small enough to be captured through a lens yet old enough to have experienced a full epic cycle of tragedy and rebirth, the photographer and the naturalist joined forces to capture the rhythms of this storied Alabama Gulf region through a swirling tango of lyrical words and breathtaking images. With Wilson tracing his family's history from the Civil War through the Depression-when mule-driven wagons still clogged the roads-to Mobile's racial and environmental struggles to its cultural triumphs today, and with Harris stunningly capturing the mood of a radically transformed city that has adapted to the twenty-first century, the book becomes a universal story, one that tells us where we all come from and why we are here. |
| Illustrations: |
115 color photographs; 3 maps |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Liveright Publishing Corporation |
| Returns: |
Returnable |