Stowe, Harriet Beecher 1811-1896 creator text utu 2012 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Palmetto-Leaves" by Harriet Beecher Stowe is a memoir and travel guide published in 1873. The famous author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" shares her experiences wintering in Mandarin, Florida, after the Civil War. Through letters and essays, Stowe describes the region's charm and climate while detailing her efforts to establish schools and churches for newly freed African-Americans. One of the first travel guides about Florida, this work sparked the state's initial tourism boom in the 1880s. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmetto_Leaves Release date is 2012-06-11 Produced by David Edwards, Melissa McDaniel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Original publication data not identified Florida -- Description and travel Saint Johns River Valley (Fla.) -- Description and travel Mandarin (Jacksonville, Fla.) -- Description and travel Saint Johns River Valley (Fla.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century Mandarin (Jacksonville, Fla.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century F296 Original publication data not identified 01006952 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39972 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39972 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133920.0 39972