{"product_id":"why-we-are-here-mobile-and-the-spirit-of-a-southern-city","title":"Why We Are Here: Mobile and the Spirit of a Southern City","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdward O. Wilson et. al. Used. Fine condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEntranced by Edward O. Wilson’s mesmerizing evocation of his Southern childhood in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Naturalist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAnthill\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Alex Harris approached the scientist about collaborating on a book about Wilson’s native world of Mobile, Alabama. Perceiving that Mobile was a city small enough to be captured through a lens yet old enough to have experienced a full epic cycle of tragedy and rebirth, the photographer and the naturalist joined forces to capture the rhythms of this storied Alabama Gulf region through a swirling tango of lyrical words and breathtaking images. With Wilson tracing his family’s history from the Civil War through the Depression―when mule-driven wagons still clogged the roads―to Mobile’s racial and environmental struggles to its cultural triumphs today, and with Harris stunningly capturing the mood of a radically transformed city that has adapted to the twenty-first century, the book becomes a universal story, one that tells us where we all come from and why we are here. 115 color photographs; 3 maps\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Books \u0026 Brew","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46015607111853,"sku":null,"price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/booksandbrew.net\/products\/why-we-are-here-mobile-and-the-spirit-of-a-southern-city","provider":"Books And Brew","version":"1.0","type":"link"}