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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

[yarddog]

I remember another Claude Kirk classic. Stokely Carmichael was on stage at FSU when Governor Kirk literally went up to him and physically took the microphone away from him and began speaking.

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Bump!

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The Barbers were old Florida and came from GA, I believe. Wasn't there a story where one of the Barber or Mizel boys rode his horse into the courthouse?

I love reading the stories about Jake Summerlin's cattle drives down to Punta Rassa and the 'Scamby river! I think Andy Jackson came hunting down here, too.

As you know there are few ranchers in Osceola, today. They are selling out like hotcakes. The Mormons are the only ones holding land.

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I think DeLeon thought Florida was an island and came up around "bone island" from Cuba to P'Cola. I remember reading the same thing about being settled first. Interestingly, the locals never let Ponce on shore, they met him on the beach and fought, eventually killing him.

blam has been tracking the Florida "ancients" on a few threads - FL is apparently an archealogical treasure (no fountain, though).

European DNA Found In 7-8,000 Year Old Skeleton In Florida (Windover)

Bye, Bye Beringia (8,000 Year Old Site In Florida)

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The story of Panther John Gomez, one of Florida's oldest legends is a good story. Panther John was a ramblin' spirit who sailed with the Pirate Gaspar!

Some excerpts here

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More Books by Annette Bruce"

Tellable Cracker Tales
More Tellable Cracker Tales
SandSpun

Florida Legends and Folklore told by many generations and different storytellers - some true, some fiction. Lots of fun.

[Truth Addict]

You might want to consider "Floridays" by Don Blanding, a book of poetry and illustrations written in 1941.

[Vigilantcitizen]

"My favorite Florida author is Carl Hiaasen. He writes some happy-go-lucky Florida-based mysteries by the titles of:"

A co-worker of mine recently turned me on to Hiaasen's books. He lent me "Sick Puppy", and then "Stormy Weather". I loved them.

Hiaasen does a great job of making his characters seem very realistc and lifelike, both in the good guys and the bad. I especially like Skink, the ex-governor turned hermit.

[Humal]

My favorite Florida book is a historical fiction by Patrick D. Smith, "A Land Remembered". I heard him speak about his writing, and he said the events in his stories were based on actual happenings. All of his books are good, but I especially liked this one.

[FReepaholic]

Florida's Golden Galleons - The Search for the 1715 Spanish Treasure Fleet

Fatal Treasure: Greed and Death, Emeralds and Gold, and the Obsessive Search for the Legendary Ghost Galleon Atocha

[dread78645]

Cross Creek and The Yearling by Marge Rawlings.

[JulieRNR21]

I have enjoyed reading:

"A Time Remembered"
"The Orchid Thief"
"Their Eyes Were On God"
"The Yearling"
"American Empress"

[Calpernia]

That is my favorite of the pictures you posted.

[Tank-FL]

Yep, William Warren Barber was killed by Indians in Nassau County in 1839 and Moss (his brother) led a posse that hunted down and killed the Indian Raiding Party. Moss was the head of the family during the troubles.

And an important note:

The Mizel's were re-constructionist.

[dansangel]

I especially like Skink, the ex-governor turned hermit.

He's really the common thread throughout the books - that and his *friend*, the state trooper.

Glad you enjoy them as much as I do, (((((VC)))))

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ROFLOL @ Columbus coming on the Mayflower.

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If anyone has any good factual books on Henry Flagler, please post. This man was responsible for building South Florida, practically. Out of his annoyance and frustration over a lack of transportation and lodging in S FL, he built rails, roads, hotels, resorts, etc. Any good resources?

[PJ-Comix]

I remember Gov. Kirk when he took over the school board building here in Bradenton in the late 60's and the National Guard carried him out under federal court order.

What was that all about? BTW, for all his eccentricity, Claude Kirk was the first governor of Florida to openly support racial integration (LeRoy Collins did too but not openly). You won't hear much about that since Kirk was a Republican (first one elected Florida Governor since Reconstruction).

[bobjam]

1492 cerainly preceeds 1565, but I was referring to the establishment of a permanent colony in the United States. I've always been a big fan of Columbus, and I highly recommend "Admiral of the Ocean Sea" by Samuel Elliot Morrison. Unfortunately, most US history books essentially begin with Plymouth. Virginia is treated as a fluke and the rest is really ignored. Most people don't know that the third oldest city in the USA is Santa Fe, New Mexico (1610). New England liberals think as though they started this country and therefore they know how to manage it.

[PJ-Comix]

If anyone has any good factual books on Henry Flagler, please post.

I wrote an article about Henry Flagler. You can find it online HERE.

Here is a summary of the Flagler article by the publisher:

No other person had so much to do with the economic development of a state as Henry Flagler did with Florida.

This is true. No one person had as much to do with the economic development of a state as did Henry Flagler. He basically created South Florida. Before Flagler built the railroad, the only way to reach South Florida and the Keys was by boat. Very little down here in South Florida before then. Tourism kicked in right after the development of Flaglers Florida East Coast Railroad.