The author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin wintered at Mandarin on the St. Johns River, and these sketches record Florida as she found it. A stray dog on the Savannah steamer, a flowery January, picnics up Julington Creek, magnolia blossoms opening overnight, orange groves and letters to Northern girls about the truth behind the tourist picture.
Early Florida travel writing by a great American novelist; its views on race are those of 1873. Download the free EPUB.