Florida History

 
The Architecture of Leisure: The Florida Resort Hotels of Henry Flagler and Henry Plant 
(The Florida History and Culture Series)
by Susan R. Braden, Gary R. Mormino, Raymond Arsenault
Hardcover from University Press of Florida

Art in Florida: 1564-1945
by Maybelle Mann
Hardcover from Pineapple Pr

Baseball in Tampa Bay, FL
by Alejandro M. de Quesada
Listed under Florida Sports
 

Black Society in Spanish Florida (Blacks in the New World Series) by Jane Landers, Peter H. Wood Paperback from Univ of Illinois Pr (Pro Ref)

A Concise Natural History of East and West Florida
by Bernard Romans, Kathryn E. Holland Braund, Kathryn E. Holland Braund
Hardcover from Univ of Alabama Pr (Txt)

 

Creating an Old South: Middle Florida's Plantation Frontier before the Civil War by Edward E. Baptist Book Description: Set on the antebellum southern frontier, this book uses the history of two counties in Florida's panhandle to tell the story of the migrations, disruptions, and settlements that made the plantation South. Soon after the United States acquired Florida from Spain in 1821, migrants from older southern states began settling the land that became Jackson and Leon Counties. Slaves, torn from family and community, were forced to carve plantations from the woods of Middle Florida, while planters and less wealthy white men battled over the social, political, and economic institutions of their new society. Conflict between white men became full-scale crisis in the 1840s, but when sectional conflict seemed to threaten slavery, the whites of Middle Florida found common ground. In politics and everyday encounters, they enshrined the ideal of white male equality--and black inequality. To mask their painful memories of crisis, the planter elite told themselves that their society had been transplanted from older states without conflict. But this myth of an "Old," changeless South only papered over the struggles that transformed slave society in the course of its expansion. In fact, that myth continues to shroud from our view the plantation frontier, the very engine of conflict that had led to the myth's creation.  Paperback from Univ of North Carolina Pr

Cuba Confidential: Love and Vengeance in Miami and Havana
by Ann Louise Bardach
Hardcover from Random House

Cuban-Jewish Journeys: Searching for Identity, Home, and History in Miami
by Caroline Bettinger-Lopez, Ruth Behar
Paperback from Univ of Tennessee Pr

Cuban Miami
by Moises Asis, Robert M. Levine

Dade's Last Command
Frank Laumer, John K. Mahon
In 1835, one hundred US soldiers were killed by Seminole indians who were aiding escaped black slaves in Florida.
Hardcover - 285 pages
University Press of Florida; ISBN: 0813013240

The Exile : Cuba in the Heart of Miami
by David Rieff, David Dunton (Editor)

Exploring Wild South Florida: A Guide to Finding the Natural Areas and Wildlife of the Southern Peninsulaand the Florida Keys
by Susan D. Jewell
Listed under Florida Travel Books

Fatal Treasure: Greed and Death, Emeralds and Gold, and the Obsessive Search for the Legendary Ghost Galleon Atocha
by Jedwin Smith
Hardcover from John Wiley & Sons

Fightin' Gators: A History of the University of Florida Football
by Kevin M. McCarthy
Listed under Florida Sports

Famous Florida Sites: Mount Royal and Crystal River (Southeastern Classics in Archaeology, Anthropology, and History)
by Jerald T. Milanich (Editor)
Listed under Indian Mounds

Florida Cow Hunter: The Life and Times of Bone Mizell
by Jim Bob Tinsley
Paperback from Univ of Central Florida
1990

Florida Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff
by David Grimes, Thomas Becnel, Tom Becnel
Paperback from Globe Pequot Pr

Florida (A Volume in the Ecotravellers' Wildlife Guides Series)
by Fiona Sunquist, et al
(Paperback)

Florida in the Civil War (The Civil War History Series)
by Lewis N. Wynne, Robert Taylor
Listed under Civil War Florida
 

Florida's Frontiers (History of the Trans-Appalachian Frontier) by Paul E. Hoffman, Walter T. Nugent Hardcover from Indiana University Press

Florida's Peace River Frontier
by Canter Brown
Hardcover from Univ of Central Florida
1991

Florida's Seminole Wars, 1817-1858 (The Making of America Series)
by Joe Knetsch
Paperback from Arcadia

Flagler, Rockefeller Partner and Florida Baron (Florida Sand Dollar Book)
by Edward N. Akin
Paperback from Florida Atlantic Univ
1992

Floridas Megatrends: Critical Issues in Florida
by David R. Colburn, Lance Dehaven-Smith
Paperback from University Press of Florida

Florida's History Through Its Places: Properties in the National Register of Historic Places
by Morton D. Winsberg, Morton D. Winsburg
Listed under Florida Genealogy

Florida: A Short History
by Michael Gannon
Paperback from University Press of Florida

From the Swamp to the Keys: A Paddle Through Florida History
by Johnny Molloy
Book Description: Johnny Molloy, author of several best-selling outdoor guides to Florida, is always game for adventure. In his latest, he travels the Sunshine State from north to south along some of its most famous rivers, swamps, salt marshes, and open waters in search of Florida's disappearing history. 

This personal travelogue of his two-month expedition begins in a canoe at the Okefenokee Swamp, headwaters of Florida's best-known river. Paddling the dark Suwannee, Molloy curves through the scenic and sometimes wild Big Shoals, past sparkling clear springs--Troy and Turtle and Rock Bluff and more--to the Gulf of Mexico, where he transfers his grub, life jacket, and portable computer into a sea kayak. He continues past Tampa Bay into the Everglades and then heads due south, ending his voyage at Long Key and the Atlantic Ocean. 

Molloy focuses here on the state's history, human and natural, and on the interplay between the land and the water around it. He describes attempts made through the centuries to explore them, conquer them, and, finally, to coexist with and preserve them. He also invites readers to eavesdrop on his conversations with characters along the way, from anglers on the Suwannee River to crabbers off the shore of Everglades City. 

Best of all, Molloy invites readers to join him on this remarkable excursion -- either from their armchairs, following his references to bridges, highways, and towns along the route and charting his journey on the maps provided, or by taking to the water themselves--to soak up the sunshine and soft Florida air, to listen to the evening frogs and crickets, and to ponder the mystery of what has been lost in Florida and what might yet be saved. 

Paperback from University Press of Florida

Florida's Birds : A Handbook and Reference
Listed under North American Birds

Florida's Great Ocean Railway: Building the Key West Extension
by Dan Gallagher
Hardcover from Pineapple Pr

Ecosystems of Florida
by Ronald L. Myers (Editor), et al
(Paperback - November 1990)

The Florida Keys : A History of the Pioneers
by John Viele
Listed under Florida Keys History

Florida Hurricanes and Tropical Storms
by John M. Williams
Listed under Hurricanes

Galleon Hunt
Robert Weller
The life story of Art McKee, the first salvage diver of the Florida Keys.
Listed under Treasure Hunting

Government in the Sunshine State: Florida Since Statehood (The Florida History and Culture Series)
by David R. Colburn, Lance Dehaven-Smith
Hardcover from University Press of Florida

Gladesmen: Gator Hunters, Moonshiners, and Skiffers (The Florida History and Culture Series)
by Glen Simmons, Laura Ogden, Gary Mormino
Hardcover from University Press of Florida

Harriet Beecher Stowe in Florida, 1867 to 1884
by Olav Thulesius
Hardcover from McFarland & Company

Havana USA: Cuban Exiles and Cuban Americans in South Florida, 1959-1994
by Maria Cristina Garcia, Maria Christina Garcia
Paperback from University of California Press

A History of Florida Through New World Maps: Borders of Paradise
by Dana Ste.Claire, Peter A. Cowdrey, Dana Ste. Claire, Dana Ste Claire, Dana St Claire
Paperback from University Press of Florida

A History of Visual Art in Sarasota
by Patricia Ringling Buck, Marcia Corbino, Kevin Dean, Pat Ringling Buck
Hardcover from University Press of Florida

The Highwaymen: Florida's African-American Landscape Painters
by Gary Monroe
Listed under American Art History

Hot Damn!: Alligators in the Casino, Nude Women in the Grass: How Seashells Changed the Course of History
by James W. Hall
Hardcover: 320 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.88 x 8.60 x 5.76
St. Martin's Press; ISBN: 031228859X; 1st edition (June )

In the Eye of Hurricane Andrew (The Florida History and Culture Series)
by Eugene F., Jr. Provenzo, Asterie Baker Provenzo, Gary Mormino
Hardcover from University Press of Florida

Jacksonville's Architectural Heritage: Landmarks for the Future
by Wayne W. Wood, Judy Davis, David Vedas, Jacksonville Historic Landmark Commissio
Hardcover from Univ Press of North Florida
1990

Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad That Crossed an Ocean
by Les Standiford, Henry Morrison Flagler
Listed under American Railroads

Life on the Hyphen : The Cuban-American Way
by Gustavo Pérez Firmat
Paperback from Univ of Texas Press
1994

The Making of Miami Beach: 1933-1942: The Architecture of Lawrence Murray Dixon
by Jean-Francois Lejeune, et al
(Hardcover)

Miami, U.S.A. (The Florida History and Culture Series)
by Helen Muir, Raymond Arsenault, Gary R. Mormino
Hardcover from University Press of Florida

Miami
by Joan Didion
Paperback from Vintage Books

National Audubon Society Field Guide to Florida (National Audubon Society Field Guide to Florida)
by National Audubon Society, Peter Alden, Richard Keen, Richard B. Cech
Paperback from Knopf

The New History of Florida
by Michael Gannon
Hardcover from University Press of Florida

Our Land Before We Die: The Proud Story of the Seminole Negro
by Jeff Guinn
Hardcover from J. P. Tarcher

Palmetto Leaves (Florida Sand Dollar Book)
by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Paperback from University Press of Florida

The Seminole: The First People of Florida (American Indian Nations)
by Mary Englar
Listed under Seminole Indians

The Sarasota, Sanibel Island & Naples Book: A Complete Guide (Great Destinations Series)
by Chelle Koster Walton, Karen T. Bartlett
Paperback from Berkshire House Pub

Some Kind of Paradise: A Chronicle of Man and the Land in Florida
by Mark Derr
Paperback from University Press of Florida

South of the South: Jewish Activists and the Civil Rights Movement in Miami, 1945-1960 (Southern Dissent)
by Raymond A. Mohl, Matilda Graff, Shirley M. Zoloth, Stanley Harrold, Randall M. Miller
Hardcover from University Press of Florida

The Stranahans of Fort Lauderdale: A Pioneer Family of New River (The Florida History and Culture Series)
by Harry A., Jr Kersey, Gary Mormino, Raymond Arsenault
Listed under Florida Genealogy

Storm of the Century: The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935
by Willie Drye
(Hardcover)

Tampa in Civil War & Reconstruction
by Canter, Jr. Brown
Listed under Civil War Florida

Tampa Union Station
by Jackson McQuigg
Listed under American Railroads

The Tropic of Cracker (The Florida History and Culture Series)
by Al, Jr. Burt
Hardcover from University Press of Florida

Thirty Florida Shipwrecks
by William L. Trotter, Steve Roguski, Kevin M. McCarthy
Paperback from Pineapple Pr
1992

Urban Vigilantes in the New South: Tampa, 1882-1936
by Robert P. Ingalls

Unconquered People: Florida's Seminole and Miccosukee Indians (Native Peoples, Cultures, and Places of the Southeastern United States Series)
by Brent Richards Weisman, Jerald T. Milanich
Listed under Seminole Indians

Villages by an Emerald Sea: America's New Riviera. . . Northwest Florida's Magnificent Emerald Coast: True Tales of the Early Years
by James Keir Baughman
Paperback from eBooksOnDisk.com

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World War II in Tampa Bay, FL
by Alejandro M. de Quesada
Listed under Home Front USA

The Young Naturalist's Guide to Florida
by Peggy Sias Lantz, Wendy A. Hale
Paperback from Pineapple Pr

 
 
 

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