Why we are here : Mobile and the spirit of a Southern city /
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| Author / Creator: | Wilson, Edward O. |
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Imprint: | New York : Liveright Pub., c2012. |
| Description: | x, 229 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 25 x 28 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8935919 |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 229 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 25 x 28 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780871404701 0871404702 |
