Calling Yankees to Florida : Harriet Beecher Stowe's forgotten tourist articles

Name/Title

Calling Yankees to Florida : Harriet Beecher Stowe's forgotten tourist articles

Entry/Object ID

Library.1445

Description

150 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm. Calling Yankees to Florida : Harriet Beecher Stowe's forgotten tourist articles by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Includes bibliographical references and index. "With the publication of the novel Uncle Tom s Cabin in 1952, Harriet Beecher Stowe became the most famous writer in America. That book helped to fuel the raging debate over slavery in the United States. When Stowe met President Abraham Lincoln in 1862, he reportedly said, "So you are the little woman who started this great war." Often overlooked is the fact that Harriet Beecher Stowe was also one of the first and greatest proponents of Florida as a popular tourist destination. In 1873, some of Stowe s descriptive and colorful tourist articles were published in the book Palmetto Leaves. This book, Calling Yankees to Florida: Harriet Beecher Stowe s Forgotten Tourist Articles, contains fascinating vignettes of Florida life not included in Palmetto Leaves, with insightful commentary by John Foster Jr. and Sarah Whitmer Foster."

Collection

Library

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Stowe, Harriet Beecher -- 1811-1896., Stowe, Harriet Beecher -- 1811-1896 -- Homes and haunts -- Florida., Mandarin (Jacksonville, Fla.) -- Description and travel., Mandarin (Jacksonville, Fla.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century., Florida -- History -- 1865- ., Saint Augustine (Fla.) -- Description and travel., Silver Springs (Fla.) -- Description and travel., Slavery -- United States.

Publication Details

Author

Stowe, Harriet Beecher 1811-1896, Foster, John T. Jr

Publisher

The Florida Historical Society Press

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

Cocoa, Florida

Call No.

PS 2956 .S7 2011

ISBN

1886104530