Bibliograph

Finding Florida, the true history of the Sunshine State, T. D. Allman

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Finding Florida, the true history of the Sunshine State, T. D. Allman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [463]-515) and index

Illustrations

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Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Finding Florida

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

T. D. Allman

Sub title

the true history of the Sunshine State

Summary

Offers a comprehensive look at the history of the state of Florida, from its discovery, exploration, and settlement through its becoming a state, to notable events in the early twenty-first century

Table Of Contents

Prologue: Natures and names -- Invasive species. Believe it or not ; The Johnny Appleseed of pigs ; Chert ; The fort, not the fountain -- Coveting Florida. The West Florida Lone Star Butterfly Effect ; The unseen foe ; Americanization at Negro Fort ; Florida's fake history -- Osceola's head. Governor DuVal's conspiracy ; Defined by massacre ; Jesup's capitulation ; Alternative Floridians -- Whistling Dixie. Metropolis of the Branded Hand ; Disambiguation ; Empowering the betweenity ; Triumph of violence ; King Ignorance -- Project future. Pioneers in Paradise ; Swanee ; The total triumph of Walter P. Fraser ; Location, location, location -- Florida millennium. Theme park universe ; Cities of the future ; A fateful convergence -- Epilogue: No escape from America

Target audience

adult

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True history of the sunshine state

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