Description: From this historic collaboration between a beloved naturalist and a great American photographer emerges a South we’ve never encountered before.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. 115 color photographs; 3 maps
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 60 Days
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Original Language: English
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Release Year: 2012
ISBN: 9780871404701
Book Title: Why We Are Here : Mobile and the Spirit of a Southern City
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
Item Height: 1.1 in
Publication Year: 2012
Topic: United States / South / East South Central (Al, Ky, ms, Tn), United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Sociology / General, General, Regional, Customs & Traditions, Pictorials (See Also Photography / Subjects & Themes / Regional)
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Nature, Travel, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 55.2 Oz
Item Length: 9.8 in
Author: Edward O. Wilson, Alex Harris
Item Width: 10.9 in
Format: Hardcover
