Author: Michael Gannon
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Keywords: quincentenary, columbus, history, short, florida
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2003-07-01
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0813026806
ISBN-13: 9780813026800

This volume recounts the longest recorded history of any of the American states in 28 brisk chapters, all fully illustated. From indigenous tribes who lived along spring-fed streams to environmentalists who labour to "Save our Rivers" from the first conquistadors whose broad black ships astonished the natives to the 123,000 refugees whose unexpected immigration stunned South Floridians in 1980, the story of the state is as distinctive as the story of America. Gannon writes: "By the time the Pilgrims came ashore at Plymouth, St. Augustine was up for urban renewal. It was a town with fort, churc

Author: David Leslie Smallman
Publisher: Patten Press
Keywords: helena, story, quincentenary
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2004-03-15
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1872229476
ISBN-13: 9781872229478