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The winter sailor : Francis R. Stebbins on Florida's Indian River, 1878-1888

Title
The winter sailor : Francis R. Stebbins on Florida's Indian River, 1878-1888 / edited by Carolyn Baker Lewis.
Author
Stebbins, Francis Ranna, 1818 or 1819-1892.
Publication
Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2004], ©2004.

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Additional Authors
Lewis, Carolyn Baker, 1946-
Description
xxvi, 220 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
Subject
  • Stebbins, Francis Ranna, 1818 or 1819-1892 > Travel > Indian River (Lagoon)
  • Indian River (Fla. : Lagoon) > Description and travel
  • Florida > Description and travel
  • Florida > History, Local
Note
  • "... consists of Stebbins's articles for the Adrian Daily Times and Expositor and the Florida Star, three letters written on the road by two traveling companions, and contemporary newspaper announcements and commentary about Stebbins's trips"--Introd.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-208) and index.
Contents
1. Indian River longings -- 2. 1878 : from far Florida -- 3. 1879 : Indian River, Florida -- 4. 1880 : our Florida letter -- 5. 1881 : on the bounding billows -- 6. 1882 : among the mangroves -- 7. 1883 : life on the lagoons -- 8. 1884 : where summer lives -- 9. 1885 : northerners in the south -- 10. 1886 : Florida's freeze up -- 11. 1888 : roving on Indian River.
ISBN
  • 0817351299 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0817314229 (hbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2004002836
OCLC
  • ocm54415992
  • SCSB-5125002
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries