Florida's Past: People and Events That Shaped the State, Vol. 3
Book: Florida's Past: People and Events That Shaped the State, Vol. 3 , by GENE M. BURNETT, ISBN-10: 1561641170 ISBN-13: ISBN13: 9781561641178, Pineapple Press, Inc., June 1996, Paperback
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Seasons of Real Florida
Book: Seasons of Real Florida , by Jeff Klinkenberg, Randy Wayne White, ISBN-10: 0813027136 ISBN-13: ISBN13: 9780813027135, University Press of Florida, May 2004, Hardcover
No wonder Jeff Klinkenberg loves Florida. At any time of year he can find a place to enjoy or a person with an irresistible story. Arranged by season, the book opens in the fall, which Klinkenberg says is like spring...
Seasons of Real Florida
Book: Seasons of Real Florida , by Jeff Klinkenberg, ISBN-10: 0813034396 ISBN-13: ISBN13: 9780813034393, University Press of Florida, September 2009, Paperback
No wonder Jeff Klinkenberg loves Florida. At any time of year he can find a place to enjoy or a person with an irresistible story. Arranged by season, the book opens in the fall, which Klinkenberg says is like spring...
Moses Levy of Florida: Jewish Utopian and Antebellum Reformer
Book: Moses Levy of Florida: Jewish Utopian and Antebellum Reformer , by C. S. Monaco, Bertram Wyatt-Brown, ISBN-10: 0807130958 ISBN-13: ISBN13: 9780807130957, Louisiana State University Press, December 2005, Hardcover
It is only recently that the importance of Moses Elias Levy (1782 1854) as a Jewish social activist has come to be appreciated. C. S. Monaco's discovery of Levy's Plan for the Abolition of Slavery in the late 1990s began...
Dream State: Eight Generations of Swamp Lawyers, Conquistadors, Confederate Daughters, Banana Republicans, and Other Florida Wildlife
Book: Dream State: Eight Generations of Swamp Lawyers, Conquistadors, Confederate Daughters, Banana Republicans, and Other Florida Wildlife , by Diane Roberts, ISBN-10: 0813030366 ISBN-13: ISBN13: 9780813030364, University Press of Florida, September 2006, Paperback
François Brouard moved to Florida in 1799, becoming, as Francis Broward, the progenitor of a family that was to become "so absorbed into the groundwater of Florida that they barely notice their names on the maps and the buildings anymore."...
Barberville, Florida (Images of America Series)
Book: Barberville, Florida (Images of America Series) , by Benjamin D. Brotemarkle, ISBN-10: 0738517755 ISBN-13: ISBN13: 9780738517759, Arcadia Publishing SC, April 2005, Paperback
For as long as people have traveled in Central Florida, Barberville has been an important crossroads for their journeys. Native Americans created a trail that crossed the St. John's River, passed through the future Barberville, and continued over the...
Edgewater, Florida (Images of America Series)
Book: Edgewater, Florida (Images of America Series) , by Sandra Wallus Sammons, Jo Anne Sikes, ISBN-10: 0738518441 ISBN-13: ISBN13: 9780738518442, Arcadia Publishing SC, August 2005, Paperback
"Do you want a beautiful winter home in Florida? Located on the highest, driest, healthiest, and most beautiful spot for a town . . ." This land company advertisement is like many we see today in Florida, but it...
Stetson University, Florida (The Campus History Series)
Book: Stetson University, Florida (The Campus History Series) , by Maggi Smith Hall, ISBN-10: 0738517550 ISBN-13: ISBN13: 9780738517551, Arcadia Publishing SC, August 2005, Paperback
Stetson University, founded in 1883 in historic DeLand, Florida, has been educating students for over a century thanks to the passionate vision of the town's early promoter, Henry Addison DeLand. DeLand, a New Yorker with a dream, wanted his newly...
Boggy Bayou, Florida: Around Niceville and Valparaiso, Florida (Images of America Series)
Book: Boggy Bayou, Florida: Around Niceville and Valparaiso, Florida (Images of America Series) , by The Heritage Museum of Northwest Florida, ISBN-10: 073854163X ISBN-13: ISBN13: 9780738541631, Arcadia Publishing SC, October 2005, Paperback
Located just north of Florida's Gulf Coast, the twin cities of Niceville and Valparaiso nestle side by side along the shores of Boggy Bayou. Although they are now dynamic modern communities, the land they occupy remained a wilderness long after...
Around Palm Harbor, Florida (Images of America Series)
Book: Around Palm Harbor, Florida (Images of America Series) , by Winona Jones, ISBN-10: 0738517445 ISBN-13: ISBN13: 9780738517445, Arcadia Publishing SC, March 2005, Paperback
Around Palm Harbor reveals the early history of the unincorporated area of North Pinellas County, including the communities of Curlew, Ozona, Crystal Beach, Wall Springs, and the large eastern side of Lake Tarpon, in addition to Palm Harbor itself....
