Travels in Mexico and Life Among the Mexicans I. Yucatan; II. Central and Southern Mexico; III. the Border States

EB. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Estes & Lauriat, Boston, MA. 1884. Xxii, 732 pgs. Illustrated with 190 black and white illustrations and fold out color map. Bound in Victorian decorated cloth with titles present to the spine and black decoration present to the spine and the front board. Boards lightly rubbed and worn. Previous owner's name present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid. Divided into 3 parts: I. Yucatan, II. Central and Southern Mexico, III. The Border States. Frederick Albion Ober (February 13, 1849 - May 31, 1913) was an American naturalist and writer. Ober was born February 13, 1849 in Beverly, Massachusetts. He received a common school education. While yet a boy, he evinced a fondness for natural history: he collected nearly all the birds of New England and noted their habits. In 1881, moved by a desire to see the vestiges of early American civilization, he journeyed through Mexico, and during that and two subsequent trips gathered the material for several books. On his return from various explorations he prepared accounts of his travels at the request of scientific societies, and later a series of popular lectures, illustrated with photographic views, projected by the magic lantern. His lectures, originally delivered before the Lowell Institute in Boston, included "Mexico, Historical and Picturesque," "Ancient Cities of Mexico," "The Mexican Indian," "Adventures in the West Indies," and "Through Florida with Gun and Camera." EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .