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Seminole Wars
The Seminole Wars were the longest, bloodiest, and most costly of all the Indian wars fought by this nation. Written for a popular audience, this illustrated history is the first …
America's Fortress
America’s Fortress offers a compelling narrative of the people who envisioned, constructed, and garrisoned this important military installation . . . Reid brings to life the human …
Ditch of Dreams
For centuries, men dreamed of cutting a canal across the Florida peninsula. Intended to reduce shipping times, it was championed in the early twentieth century as a way to make the …
Key West on the Edge
How the unique island city came to be a major tourist destination Key West lies at the southernmost point of the continental United States, ninety miles from Cuba, at Mile Marker …
Death in the Everglades
Guy Bradley, born in Chicago in 1870, was killed in 1905 only three years into his tenure as game warden in a south Florida that was still very much a frontier. His murderer, never …
Backcountry Lawman
Most people have never imagined the often dicey, comical, and sometimes bizarre job of a Florida game warden. Backcountry Lawman tells what it’s like to catch an armed poacher in …
Alligators in B-Flat
Florida is a civilized place with eighteen million residents and all of the modern amenities one might expect: fine universities, art museums, world-class restaurants, and luxury …
Florida's Space Coast
The story of how NASA transformed Florida's East Coast over half a centuryFlorida’s Space Coast tells the compelling story of America's half century in space exploration, from the …
Castles in the Sand
The definitive biography of the famous developer of Miami BeachIn the booming early years of the 20th century, few entrepreneurs rivaled Carl Fisher (1874-1939) for sheer energy …
The Seminole Wars
The Seminole Wars were the longest, bloodiest, and most costly of all the Indian wars fought by this nation. Written for a popular audience, this illustrated history is the first …
Come to My Sunland
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--mainly to her …
The Stranahans of Fort Lauderdale
Two individuals who shaped the development of one of Florida's major urban centersWhen they married in 1900, Frank and Ivy Stranahan began a life together on the Florida frontier …