G29 Why we are here; Mobile and the Spirit of a Southern City
Title of the Book: Why We are here; Mobile and the spirit of a southern city Author: Edward O Wilson and Alex Harris Publisher: Liveright Publishing Company Publishing Date: 2012 ISBN: 978-0-87140-470-1 Summary: Entranced by Edward O. Wilson 's mesmerizing evocation of his Southern childhood in The Naturalist and Anthill, 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 tr...