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Florida History - In Print

Posted on 10/02/2003 12:43:15 PM PDT by stainlessbanner

Florida History

   
Last Name First Name Book Title

Loderhose

Gary

Far, Far From Home: The Ninth Florida Regiment in the Confederate Army

Loderhose

Gary

Way Down upon the Suwannee River: Sketches of Florida During the Civil War

Haase

Ronald W.

Classic Cracker: Florida's Wood-Frame Vernacular Architecture

Burt Jr

Al

The Tropic of Cracker (The Florida History and Culture Series)

Storer & Briggs

 

Crackers in the Glade: Life and Times in the Old Evergaldes

Oppel

Frank

Tales of Old Florida

Huffstodt

Jim & James

Everglades Lawmen: True Stories of Game Wardens in the Glades

Mosley

Julia Daniels

Come to My Sunland: Letters of Julia Daniels Moseley from the
Florida Frontier, 1882-1886 (Florida History and Culture Series)

Buker

George

Swamp Sailors in the Second Seminole War (Florida Sand Dollar Book)

Koblas

John J

J. J. Dickison: Swamp Fox of the Confederacy

Smith

Patrick D

A Land Remembered

Punnett

Dick & Yvonne

Racing on the Rim: A History of the Annual Automobile Racing Tournaments
Held on the Sands of the Ormond-Daytona
Beach, Florida 1903-1910

Belleve

Bill

River of Lakes

Nulty

William

Confederate Florida: The Road to Olustee

Taylor

Robert

Rebel Storehouse: Florida in the Confederate Economy

Simmons, Ogden, Mormino

Gladesmen: Gator Hunters, Moonshiners, and Skiffers (The Florida History and Culture Series)

Burt Jr, Mormino

Al & Gary

Al Burt's Florida: Snowbirds, Sand Castles, and Self-Rising Crackers (Florida History and Culture Series)

Kaserman

James

Gasparilla: Pirate Genius

Robinson

Jim

Flashbacks : The Story of Central Florida's Past

Griffin

Patrick

Mullet on the Beach: The Minorcans of Florida, 1768-1788 (A Florida Sand Dollar Book)

Mahon

John K

History of the Second Seminole War, 1835-1842

Laumer

Frank

Dade's Last Command

George

Paul S.

A Guide to the History of Florida

   

Florida Biographical Dictionary /2001-2002: People of All Times and
All Places Who Have Been Important to the History and Life of the State

Morris

Allen Covington

Florida Place Names

Fitcher & Cardin

George

Floridians All

Garrison

Webb B.

Southern Tales: A Treasury of Stories from Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi

LaFray

Joyce

Famous Florida! Cracker Cookin' and Other Favorites (With Record)

Warner

David T.

Vanishing Florida: A Personal Guide to Sights Rarely Seen

Waitley

Douglas

Best Back Roads of Florida, The Heartland (1st)

Huttinger

Beverly Bryant

Florida Firsts: The Famous, Infamous, and Quirky of the Sunshine State

Adams

Alto

Cattleman's Backcountry Florida

Glisson

J.T.

The Creek

Nulty

William

Confederate Florida

Smith

Joseph Burkeholder

James Madisons Phony War the Plot to Steal Florida

Carlson

Charlie

The First Florida Cavalry Regiment C.S.A

Dickison

Col. JJ

Confederate Military History Florida

Robie

Diane

Searching in Florida: A Reference Guide to Public and Private Records

Chapman

Berlin Basil

Four principles that portray the pattern of all history
: applied to the war against the States, 1861-1865 : address of March 7, 1979 at the monthly meeting
of the Annie Coleman Chapter (Orlando, Florida) United Daughters of the Confederacy

Matthews

Carolyn

Two Florida boys and the red-haired pirate

Garrison

Webb

A Treasury of Florida Tales

O'Keefe

 

Great Adventures in Florida

Morris Alton Folksongs of Florida
Wynne/Taylor Lewis Florida in the Civil War


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We recently had some good discussion about Florida on FR. Undoubtedly, Florida has a facinating and colorful past! I have provided the books above for further research and pleasure reading.

Please include your favorite Florida fiction, politics, history, art, etc books to the thread.

Enjoy!

1 posted on 10/02/2003 12:43:20 PM PDT by stainlessbanner
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2 posted on 10/02/2003 12:44:51 PM PDT by Support Free Republic (Your support keeps Free Republic going strong!)
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To: humblegunner; Calpernia; Billie; dansangel; LadyX; Flyer
Florida bump
3 posted on 10/02/2003 12:46:54 PM PDT by stainlessbanner
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To: stainlessbanner
Please include your favorite Florida fiction

November 2000

4 posted on 10/02/2003 12:52:56 PM PDT by Flyer (Visit the Houston Chapter - http://houstonliberty.com/forums/ * (when it works)
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To: stainlessbanner
*Thank you* for including me on your ping list! I ***LOVE*** and miss Florida so very much.

I'll be back later after work to participate.

(((((((((stainlessbanner))))))))
5 posted on 10/02/2003 12:55:46 PM PDT by dansangel (*Visualize No Democrats*)
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To: stainlessbanner
One of the best classes I took at the University of Florida (Go Gators) was the History of Florida to 1845. The course was taught by Dr. Michael Gannon, a former Roman Catholic priest and one of the leading experts on Florida history. He recounted to us the year when, being interviewed for a newpaper article on Thanksgiving, he described the first Thanksgiving in America: August of 1565. The Spaniards (from whom the Pilgrims picked up the thanksgiving feast custom when they lived in Spanish Holland) under Pedro Menendez de Aviles (first Governor of Florida) founded St Augustine and held a feast to give thanks to God for bringing them safely to Florida and to ask His blessing upon the new colony. They invited the natives from the nearby Saloy tribe. The meal consisted of salt pork, ships bread, garbonzo beans and wine. Apparently Dr Gannon's account was put on the AP wire and soon he was being called by everyone. A TV cameraman from Boston told him that the Globe had put his picture on the front page with the title "The Grinch Who Stole Thanksgiving" and that the Plymouth city council had an emergency meeting to discuss how to deal with the news that the Spanish were in Florida before the Pilgrims arrived. Dr Gannon said that when Plymouth was founded, St Augustine was already up for urban renewal. And they say Florida has no history....
6 posted on 10/02/2003 1:09:22 PM PDT by bobjam
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To: bobjam; stainlessbanner
Yes, the Spanish history of Florida is rich indeed! Many of the townships near where I live (Gainesville) have Spanish names (Arredondo, for example), which were actually the names of the holders of the Spanish land grants.

We even have a native mustang here, the Florida Horse or Cracker Pony, that is supposedly descended from Spanish horses that escaped into the wilds.

Florida history is truly fascinating, and Michael Gannon is a good writer and good historian who is worth adding to any list.

7 posted on 10/02/2003 1:14:58 PM PDT by livius
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To: bobjam
Am I missing something?? 1492 preceeds 1565 - doesn't it?
8 posted on 10/02/2003 1:24:20 PM PDT by sandydipper (Never quit - never surrender!)
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To: sandydipper
Columbus.
9 posted on 10/02/2003 1:30:56 PM PDT by Roscoe
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To: sandydipper
Math genius!!

What's your point?

10 posted on 10/02/2003 1:41:14 PM PDT by ericthecurdog
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To: stainlessbanner

Patrick Houston, who served as as a lieutenant in Gamble's Florida Light Artillery and in the Florida Kilcrease Light Artillery, and finished the war as a captain in command of the Florida Kilcrease Light Artillery.

My favorite Florida Confederate. My house is on land that was part of his plantation.

11 posted on 10/02/2003 1:43:14 PM PDT by EllaMinnow (Life is too important to be taken seriously.)
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To: ericthecurdog
I ain't got no point - I just thought that Columbus and his group celebrated Thanksgiving b4 1565. I could be wrong, I have been b4.
12 posted on 10/02/2003 1:59:42 PM PDT by sandydipper (Never quit - never surrender!)
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Sunshine FReepers - please share your best Florida books.
13 posted on 10/02/2003 2:25:27 PM PDT by stainlessbanner
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To: stainlessbanner; LadyX; dansangel
Florida, Interest Ping.
14 posted on 10/02/2003 2:28:11 PM PDT by Calpernia (Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does.)
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To: sandydipper
Remember the Mayflower, Plymouth Rock, the Pilgrims?

circa 1620

15 posted on 10/02/2003 2:35:56 PM PDT by Vinnie
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To: stainlessbanner; Calpernia
My favorite Florida author is Carl Hiaasen. He writes some happy-go-lucky Florida-based mysteries by the titles of:

"Basket Case," "Tourist Season," "Lucky You" and many others. All funny and very good.

In addition, he wrote "Team Rodent" describing the blight that Disney has brought to Central Florida with its corruption and deceit.
16 posted on 10/02/2003 3:39:39 PM PDT by dansangel (*Visualize No Democrats*)
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To: stainlessbanner; Calpernia
The most beautiful beaches:


17 posted on 10/02/2003 3:43:33 PM PDT by dansangel (*Visualize No Democrats*)
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18 posted on 10/02/2003 3:45:34 PM PDT by dansangel (*Visualize No Democrats*)
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Jupiter Lighthouse

19 posted on 10/02/2003 3:47:24 PM PDT by dansangel (*Visualize No Democrats*)
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Vero Beach

20 posted on 10/02/2003 3:49:07 PM PDT by dansangel (*Visualize No Democrats*)
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