Audiobook: Palmetto Leaves
- Download 01 Nobody's Dog audio
- Download 02 A Flowery January In Florida audio
- Download 03 The Wrong Side Of The Tapestry audio
- Download 04 A Letter To The Girls audio
- Download 05 A Water-Coach, And A Ride In It audio
- Download 06 Picknicking Up Julington audio
- Download 07 Magnolia audio
- Download 08 Yellow Jessamines audio
- Download 09 "Florida For Invalids" audio
- Download 10 Swamps And Orange Trees audio
- Download 11 Letter-Writing audio
- Download 12 Magnolia Week audio
- Download 13 Buying Land In Florida audio
- Download 14 Our Experience In Crops audio
- Download 15 May In Florida audio
- Download 16 St. Augustine audio
- Download 17 Our Neighbor Over The Way audio
- Download 18 The Grand Tour Up River audio
- Download 19 Old Cudjo And The Angel audio
- Download 20 The Laborers Of The South audio
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After the Civil War, Harriet and her husband Charles bought an Orange Plantation in Mandarin, on the upper east coast of Florida, where they lived during the winter months. Over the years they expanded their cottage to accommodate many guests (now a museum open to the public). They opened schools to educate and churches to care for the recently freed negros pouring into Florida seeking refuge and opportunity. These charming essays, each describing a largely undeveloped rural land, became one of the first travel guides written about Florida and stimulated the first boom of tourism and residential development to that area. Stow describes its waterways, flora and fauna, the generosity of the people, the lush abundance of flowers, farmer's efforts to develop crops, Negro relations with whites, correspondence with famous persons, etc. - Summary by Michele Fry
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