Florida's Past: People and Events that Shaped the State. Volume 1.
Published by Sarasota, Florida: Pineapple Press, (). First Edition., 1986
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Octavo, brown cloth & green boards (hardcover), gilt lettering, xi, 268 pp. Fine in a Very Good dust jacket with light edgewear. From dust jacket: Virtually every month for the past 14 years, Gene Burnett has written a history piece under the title "Florida's Past" for Florida Trend, Florida's respected magazine of business and finance. Here is a collection of some of these very readable essays on many of the people and events that have shaped Florida. Burnett's easygoing style and his sometimes surprising choice of topics make history good reading. Try a chapter and you'll find you've gone on to read more. Among Achievers and Pioneers, Gene Burnett acquaints you with Julia Tuttle, a young widow who dreamed of a city rising from the swamps of southeast Florida; John Gorrie, who invented air-conditioning to heal the sick; Sidney Lanier, a poet who turned his pen to promotional prose; Peter Demens, a Russian prince who founded this St. Petersburg. Here too are Florida's Villains and Characters: "Bone" Mizelle, a cow-puncher who rode hard, drank hard, lived hard; Al Capone, who turned up in Miami in the '30s; Giuseppe Zangara, who tried to kill FDR; Napoleon's nephew, who dazzled pioneer Florida. Florida had its share of Heroes and Heroines. We meet here Osceola, the Seminole leader who fought to his death to keep his people in Fllorida; Jonathon Walker, a Pensacola abolitionist who had "SS" (slave stealer) branded on his hand; Dr. Anna Darrow, who brought medicine to the wild Florida frontier. And here is Florida at War and Peace: Nazi U-boats stalking the Atlantic coast; naturalist William Bartram recording Florida's wilderness beauty in poetic phrases; Florida's famed Civil War battle at Olustee seen through the eyes of a young private. Florida, Floridiana, Florida History, American History, Americana, U.S.-iana, U. S. History, United States History, Biography yslic.…
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- Title
- Florida's Past: People and Events that Shaped the State. Volume 1.
- Author
- Burnett, Gene M.
- Publisher
- Sarasota, Florida: Pineapple Press, (). First Edition.
- Publication year
- 1986
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Soft cover
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We are a family run shop that has served book lovers for nearly fifty years. We have recently moved to larger quarters in Dade City - a town in central Florida known for its antiques stores and comfortable cafes. We specialize in Florida History and Americana, but carry a broad range of general used and secondhand books, and a small gallery of prints and maps. We offer certified appraisal services, and are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America, The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers, and the Florida Antiquarian Booksellers' Association. We invite you to visit our webpage: http://www.OldFloridaBookStore.com. If you're a lover of old books, you may enjoy articles we've posted to our blog: http://www.OldFloridaBookStore.blogspot.com.…
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