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The Winter Sailor: Francis R.Stebbins on Florida´s Indian River, 1878-1888
Carolyn Baker Lewis (Ed.)
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Paperback. This historical adventure details the yearly winter travels of Francis R. Stebbins to Florida's Indian River, from 1878 to 1888. What Stebbins enjoyed most was sailing down the river interviewing townspeople and examining local attractions as he went. He documents a decade of change to the Indian River wilderness. Editor(s): Lewis, Carolyn Baker. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; 3JH; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431. An excellent, clean copy
The Winter Sailor is a historical adventure that details the yearly winter travels of Francis R. Stebbins to Florida's Indian River. Stebbins, a writer from Michigan, visited Florida in March of 1878 and became entranced by its pristine beauty. Subsequently, Stebbins and his traveling companions made annual visits to Indian River - until 1888 when tragedy struck and ended Stebbins' yearly journeys. Being an observant traveler, Stebbins began a series of descriptive articles for his hometown newspaper that chronicled his journeys to the Indian River area. Stebbins's articles tell of his own personal experiences during his leisurely visits, which included ... Read more
The Winter Sailor is a historical adventure that details the yearly winter travels of Francis R. Stebbins to Florida's Indian River. Stebbins, a writer from Michigan, visited Florida in March of 1878 and became entranced by its pristine beauty. Subsequently, Stebbins and his traveling companions made annual visits to Indian River - until 1888 when tragedy struck and ended Stebbins' yearly journeys. Being an observant traveler, Stebbins began a series of descriptive articles for his hometown newspaper that chronicled his journeys to the Indian River area. Stebbins's articles tell of his own personal experiences during his leisurely visits, which included ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa
Number of pages
256
Condition
Used, Like New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Alabama, United States
ISBN
9780817351298
SKU
KRS0017375
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About Carolyn Baker Lewis (Ed.)
Carolyn Baker Lewis is an independent scholar who has published several articles on postbellum agriculture and settlement in Florida and South Carolina.
Reviews for The Winter Sailor: Francis R.Stebbins on Florida´s Indian River, 1878-1888
The material... provides a wonderful record of the shifting of the coastal lands through that time period, as inlets open and close and human land use shifts accordingly and in response to newly developed technologies. - Patricia C. Griffin, author of Mullet on the Beach: The Minorcans of Florida, 1768-1788