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Al Burt'S Florida - Snowbirds, Sand Castles, And Self-Rising Crackers

by Al Burt

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 Florida Trust for Historic Preservation Award Florida Historical Society Patrick D. Smith Florida Literature Book Award A tour of twentieth-century Florida through the writing of a roving reporter"Some say that Floridians lack a sense of place—they won’t after reading Al Burt."—Ann Henderson, Former executive director, Florida Humanities Council As a roving reporter for the Miami Herald from 1973 to 1995, Al Burt traveled all of Florida, studying it with the insight of a native and the detached eye of the foreign correspondent he had been. During those years, he observed connections with the state’s past and speculated about its future, and, while he was at it, took note of the human frailties and heroisms he witnessed every day. Al Burt''s Florida is like a family portrait, a loving but not uncritical view of a complex and fascinating state.Burt''s portrait combines vignettes of notable Floridians—some famous at the time, like Ed Ball, but most better known locally—with those of the state’s many special places: Okeechobee in the teens and twenties, Miami Beach in the fifties (when dinner in Havana was only a $26 plane ride away), Wakulla Springs when it served as Johnny Weismuller’s Tarzan movie set, modern-day Tallahassee with its formality and grace.Al Burt himself emerges from this landscape as the remarkable, engaging, and passionate Floridian he is. He takes us in hand, starting from his headquarters in the north Florida scrub, on a tour of the charm, substance, and fantasy of Florida, yesterday and today. And always, he dwells with greatest affection on the smaller places, the real places, the anchors of old Florida—and on those folks who do their best to preserve them. In the process he captures a sense of Florida as home. A volume in the Florida History and Culture series, edited by Raymond Arsenault and Gary R. Mormino
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Florida'S Space Coast - The Impact Of Nasa On The Sunshine State

by William B. Faherty

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 <DIV>"An important, interesting study of the relations between the Kennedy Space Center and the communities of Brevard County, Florida."--Roger D. Launius, chief historian, NASA, Washington, D.C."This outstanding book provides readers of Florida history our first insight into the impact that high technology has had on the state. Brevard County is a veritable laboratory for understanding what happens when space science and engineering put down roots in a wilderness setting. Faherty''s writing is direct, simple, even folksy at times. I devoured it!"--Michael Gannon, author of Pearl Harbor Betrayed and A Short History of FloridaFlorida’s Space Coast tells the compelling story of America''s half century in space exploration, from the successful launch of the first two-stage rocket in 1950 through the latest space shuttle missions of 2000. Told from the unique viewpoint of the people who built the Spaceport, this book shows how the space program transformed the east central Florida coast from a traditional citrus production and tourist area to one of the most influential high-tech centers in the nation.Cape Canaveral was chosen as a missile launch site because of its many geographical advantages. However, in the early years of the space program, the area was far from an ideal place for NASA employees to raise their families. NASA brought in thousands of space-related workers, who, besides sending machines and men into space, had to meet the challenge of moving their families from urban environs to a rural southern county. This book engagingly recounts the parallel stories of the establishment of America''s space program and its impact on the development of Brevard County.William Barnaby Faherty is professor emeritus of history at St. Louis University and director of the Museum of the Western Jesuit Missions in Hazelwood, Missouri.</div>
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Stranahans Of Fort Lauderdale - A Pioneer Family Of New River

by Harry A. Kersey

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 The story of two individuals who shaped the development of one of Floridaâ€™s major urban centers. Frank and Ivy Stranahan are today recognised as a founding family of Fort Lauderdale and their riverfront home has been restored and designated a National Historic Landmark.
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Stranahans Of Fort Lauderdale - A Pioneer Family Of New River

by Harry A. Kersey

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 The story of two individuals who shaped the development of one of Floridaâ€™s major urban centers. Frank and Ivy Stranahan are today recognised as a founding family of Fort Lauderdale and their riverfront home has been restored and designated a National Historic Landmark.
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America'S Fortress - A History Of Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, Florida

by Thomas Reid

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 Known as the â€˜American Gibraltar,â€™ Fort Jefferson, located in the Dry Tortugas, Florida, was the most heavily armed coastal defense fort in United States history. Americaâ€™s Fortress is the first book-length, architectural, military, environmental, and political history of this strange and significant Florida landmark.
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Losing It All To Sprawl - How Progress Ate My Cracker Landscape

by Bill Belleville

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 Losing It All to Sprawl is the poignant chronicle of award-winning nature writer Bill Belleville and how he came to understand and love his historic Cracker farmhouse and "relic" neighborhood in central Florida, even as it was all wiped out from under him. Belleville''s narrative is eloquent, informed, and impassioned, a saga in which tractors and backhoes trample through the woods next to his home in order to build the backbone of Florida sprawl--the mall. As heavy machinery encircles Belleville and his community--the noise growing louder and closer, displacing everything Belleville has called home for the past fifteen years--he tells a story that is much older, 10,000 years older. The story stretches back to the Timucua and the Mayaca living in harmony with Florida''s environment; the conquistadors who expected much from, but also feared, this "land of flowers"; the turn-of-the-century tourists "modernizing" and "climatizing" the state; the original Cracker families who lived in Belleville''s farmhouse. In stark contrast to this millennia-long transformation is the whiplash of unbridled growth and development that threatens the nearby wilderness of the Wekiva River system, consuming Belleville''s home and, ultimately, his very sense of place.In Florida, one of the nation''s fastest growing states (and where local and state governments encourage growth), balancing use with preservation is an uphill battle. Sprawl spreads into the countryside, consuming not just natural lands but Old Florida neighborhoods and their unique history. In Losing It All to Sprawl, Belleville accounts for the impacts--social, political, natural, personal--that a community in the crosshairs of unsustainable growth ultimately must bear, but he also offers Floridians, and anyone facing the blight of urban confusion, the hope that can be found in the rediscovery and appreciation of the natural landscape.
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Al Burt'S Florida - Snowbirds, Sand Castles, And Self-Rising Crackers

by Al Burt

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Beechers, Stowes, And Yankee Strangers - The Transformation Of Florida

by John T. Foster e Sarah Whitmer Foster

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 Modern Florida began among a group of Yankee reformers at the end of the Civil War, including Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tomâ€™s Cabin, and her brother Charles who lived in Florida from 1867 to 1885. This book tells the groupâ€™s storyâ€"and their designs for a postwar Floridaâ€"with the action, atmosphere, and insight of a good novel.
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The Enduring Seminoles - From Alligator Wrestling To Casino Gaming

by Patsy West

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 In the early twentieth century, the Florida Seminoles struggled to survive in an environment altered by the drainage of the Everglades and a dwindling demand for animal hides. This revised edition of The Enduring Seminoles, now with a new preface, discusses the cultural tourism activities of the Seminoles over the decades that followed.
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Castles In The Sand - The Life And Times Of Carl Graham Fisher

by Mark S. Foster

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 In the booming early years of the 20th century, few entrepreneurs rivaled Carl Fisher (1874-1939) for sheer energy and imagination. This definitive biography of Fisher, abundantly illustrated and written in an engaging style, captures the headiness of the period.
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Come To My Sunland - Letters Of Julia Daniels Moseley From The Florida Frontier, 1882-1886

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 Like so many midwesterners since, Julia Daniels and Charles Scott Moseley moved to Florida in the 1880s seeking a warmer climate. This collection of Julia's letters reveals the struggle of a cultured, urban woman adjusting to the hardship and isolation of life in pioneer Florida.
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Florida'S Space Coast - The Impact Of Nasa On The Sunshine State

by William B. Faherty

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 Tells the compelling story of Americaâ€™s half century in space exploration, from the launch of the first two-stage rocket in 1950 through the latest space shuttle missions of 2000. The book shows how the space program transformed the east central Florida coast from a traditional citrus production and tourist area to an influential high-tech centre.
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Backpacking Florida

by Johnny Molloy

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 From the coastal bluffs of the Panhandle to the wild Everglades, Backpacking Florida features 40 overnight trail adventures covering a total of 600 miles across the state. Expert outdoorsman Johnny Molloy provides readers with the tools and information they need to unplug and experience Floridaâ€™s amazing variety of ecosystems.
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Good Day Sunshine State - How The Beatles Rocked Florida

by Bob Kealing

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 In 1964 The Beatles appeared live on the Ed Sullivan Show and embarked on their first tour of North America - and they spent more time in Florida than anywhere else. Good Day Sunshine State dives into this momentous time and place, exploring the bandâ€™s seismic influence on the people and culture of the state.
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100 Roses For The South Florida Garden

by Victor Lazzari

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 Contrary to common belief, many varieties of roses can flourish in Floridaâ€™s heat and humidity. A much-needed guide for both home gardeners and landscape professionals, 100 Roses for the South Florida Garden equips readers with the knowledge to successfully grow this popular plant in the stateâ€™s tropical climate.
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State Of Defiance - Challenging The Johns Committee'S Assault On Civil Liberties

by Judith G. Poucher

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 The Johns Committee, a product of the red scare in Florida, grabbed headlines and destroyed lives. Its goal was to halt integration by destroying the NAACP in Florida and smearing integrationists. Drawing on previously unpublished sources and newly unsealed records, Judith Poucher profiles five individuals who stood up to the Johns Committee.
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Key West On The Edge - Inventing The Conch Republic

by Robert Kerstein

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 How this unlikely Key West came to be a tourist mecca is the subject of Robert Kersteinâ€™s intrepid new history. Leaving no stone unturned, Kerstein reveals how Key West has changed dramatically over the years while holding on to the uniqueness that continues to attract tourists and new residents to the island.
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The Stranahans Of Fort Lauderdale - A Pioneer Family Of New River

by Harry A. Kersey

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 The story of two individuals who shaped the development of one of Floridaâ€™s major urban centers. Frank and Ivy Stranahan are today recognised as a founding family of Fort Lauderdale and their riverfront home has been restored and designated a National Historic Landmark.
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Digging Miami

by Robert S. Carr

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 Ttraces the rich 11,000-year human heritage of the Miami area from the time of its first inhabitants through the arrival of European settlers and up to the early twentieth century. Digging Miami presents a unique anatomy of this fascinating city, dispelling the myth that its history is merely a century old.
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America'S Fortress - A History Of Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, Florida

by Thomas Reid

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 Known as the â€˜American Gibraltar,â€™ Fort Jefferson, located in the Dry Tortugas, Florida, was the most heavily armed coastal defense fort in United States history. Americaâ€™s Fortress is the first book-length, architectural, military, environmental, and political history of this strange and significant Florida landmark.
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Celebrating Florida - Works Of Art From The Vickers Collection

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 Illustrates in colour a generous selection of paintings, drawings, and prints by some of the worldâ€™s most significant artists who came to Florida from 1823 to 1950 to capture the â€˜Sunshine Stateâ€™. The book includes works by George Cope, William Glackens, Jane Peterson, Martin Johnson Heade, Herman Herzog, Winslow Homer, and more.
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The State You'Re In - Florida Men, Florida Women, And Other Wildlife

by Craig Pittman

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 For more than 30 years, investigative journalist and bestselling author Craig Pittman has chronicled the wildest stories Florida has to offer. Featuring a selection of columns that have appeared in the Tampa Bay Times and other outlets throughout Pittmanâ€™s career, this book highlights just how strange and wonderful Florida can be.
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Manatee Insanity - Inside The War Over Florida'S Most Famous Endangered Species

by Craig Pittman

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 With an abiding interest in the uncertain fate of this unique species, Manatee Insanity provides the first in-depth history of the attempts to provide legal protection for the manatee. Craig Pittman follows Floridaâ€™s gentle giants through time and space, detailing interactions with a variety of human actors.
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Seminole Wars - America'S Longest Indian Conflict

by John Missall e Mary Lou Missall

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 The Seminole Wars were the longest, bloodiest, and most costly of all the Indian wars fought by the US. This illustrated history is the first book to provide a comprehensive overview of all three wars. John and Mary Lou Missall examine not only the wars that were fought between 1817 and 1858 but also the events leading up to them and their place in American history.
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