Palmetto Leaves
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
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 (5 hr 18 min)
Chapters
01 Nobody's Dog | 14:36 | Read by Michele Fry |
02 A Flowery January In Florida | 9:51 | Read by Kevin Callon Boyle |
03 The Wrong Side Of The Tapestry | 13:56 | Read by Kevin Callon Boyle |
04 A Letter To The Girls | 12:29 | Read by Eva Davis |
05 A Water-Coach, And A Ride In It | 16:38 | Read by Kevin Callon Boyle |
06 Picknicking Up Julington | 17:56 | Read by BettyB |
07 Magnolia | 9:32 | Read by BettyB |
08 Yellow Jessamines | 19:34 | Read by Twinkle |
09 "Florida For Invalids" | 18:36 | Read by Tom Penn |
10 Swamps And Orange Trees | 10:56 | Read by BettyB |
11 Letter-Writing | 13:26 | Read by Larry Wilson |
12 Magnolia Week | 13:56 | Read by BettyB |
13 Buying Land In Florida | 9:18 | Read by BettyB |
14 Our Experience In Crops | 9:19 | Read by BettyB |
15 May In Florida | 9:38 | Read by BettyB |
16 St. Augustine | 18:50 | Read by BettyB |
17 Our Neighbor Over The Way | 24:34 | Read by Sheila |
18 The Grand Tour Up River | 23:25 | Read by John |
19 Old Cudjo And The Angel | 12:46 | Read by John |
20 The Laborers Of The South | 39:16 | Read by Michele Fry |