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Author: T. D. Allman
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Published: 2013-03-05
Total Pages: 578
ISBN-13: 0802120768
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOffers 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.
Author: T. D. Allman
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Published: 2013-03-05
Total Pages: 514
ISBN-13: 0802193730
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA National Book Award Nominee and a Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year. Over the centuries, Florida has been many things: an unconquered realm protected by geography, a wilderness that ruined Spanish conquistadors, “God’s waiting room,” and a place to start over. Depopulated after the extermination of its original native population, today it’s home to nineteen million. The site of vicious racial violence, including massacres, slavery, and the roll-back of Reconstruction, Florida is now one of our most diverse states, a dynamic multicultural place with an essential role in twenty-first-century America. In Finding Florida, T. D. Allman reclaims the remarkable history of Florida from the state’s mythologizers, apologists, and boosters. Allman traces the discovery, exploration, and settlement of Florida, its transformation from a swamp to “paradise.” Palm Beach, Key West, Miami, Tampa, and Orlando boomed, fortunes were won and lost, land was stolen and flipped, and millions arrived. The product of a decade of research and writing, Finding Florida is the first modern comprehensive history of this fascinating place. “A take-no-prisoners account . . . Extremely timely and relevant.” —The New York Times Book Review “The Seminole Wars, the Civil War, various massacres, Reconstruction, a second Reconstruction, Disney World, the Marielitos, voter suppression—it’s all here, and even Carl Hiaasen couldn’t make it up.” —Booklist, starred review
Author: Wendy Conklin
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
Published: 2016-10-30
Total Pages: 35
ISBN-13: 149383536X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBring the history of Florida to life through intriguing primary source documents! The Finding Florida: Exploration and Its Legacy nonfiction reader provides social studies content that is aligned to state standards. Used in the classroom or at home, this valuable book includes age-appropriate images and text features, such as headings, glossary, and an index. Explore Florida's rich history with this resource that builds vocabulary as it teaches history, geography, and other social studies topics.
Author: Patrick D Smith
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2012-10-01
Total Pages: 286
ISBN-13: 1561645826
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Land Remembered has become Florida's favorite novel. Now this Student Edition in two volumes makes this rich, rugged story of the American pioneer spirit more accessible to young readers. Patrick Smith tells of three generations of the MacIveys, a Florida family battling the hardships of the frontier. The story opens in 1858, when Tobias and Emma MacIvey arrive in the Florida wilderness with their son, Zech, to start a new life, and ends in 1968 with Solomon MacIvey, who realizes that his wealth has not been worth the cost to the land. Between is a sweeping story rich in Florida history with a cast of memorable characters who battle wild animals, rustlers, Confederate deserters, mosquitoes, starvation, hurricanes, and freezes to carve a kingdom out of the Florida swamp. In this volume, meet young Zech MacIvey, who learns to ride like the wind through the Florida scrub on Ishmael, his marshtackie horse, his dogs, Nip and Tuck, at this side. His parents, Tobias and Emma, scratch a living from the land, gathering wild cows from the swamp and herding them across the state to market. Zech learns the ways of the land from the Seminoles, with whom his life becomes entwined as he grows into manhood. Next in series > > See all of the books in this series
Author: Rick Kilby
Publisher:
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780813044873
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of images demonstrating how the myth of the fountain of youth and its magical, restorative waters have been used to promote the state of Florida to tourists and new residents alike.
Author: Wendy Conklin
Publisher:
Published: 2016-10-30
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781536428094
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Finding Florida: Exploration and Its Legacy primary source reader features social studies content aligned to Florida state standards. The informational book includes text features such as headings, side bars, glossary, index, and a "Your Turn" ac
Author: Wendy Conklin
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
Published: 2016-10-30
Total Pages: 35
ISBN-13: 1493835572
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBuild literacy skills and social studies knowledge with dynamic primary source documents and images! Students will learn the history of the exploration of Florida as they read about historical figures such as Ponce de León, Juan Garrido, Pánfilo de Narváez, and Tristán de Luna. This fascinating nonfiction text features stunning primary sources to give students a better understanding of what life was like back then. Features include: This 6-Pack includes 6 copies of this title and a lesson plan; Informational text features such as sidebars, headings, a glossary, and an index build academic vocabulary and increase understanding; Aligns to Florida state standards for Social Studies and English Language Arts, WIDA, and the NCSS/C3 Framework; Prepares students for college and career readiness.
Author: Lauren Groff
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2018-06-05
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 1473558492
DOWNLOAD EBOOK'Magnificent . . . Lauren Groff is a virtuoso' Emily St John Mandel 'A blistering collection . . . lyrical and oblique' Guardian 'Not to be missed . . . deep and dark and resonant' Ann Patchett 'It's beautiful. It's giving me rich, grand nightmares' Observer In these vigorous stories, Lauren Groff brings her electric storytelling to a world in which storms, snakes and sinkholes lurk at the edge of everyday life, but the greater threats are of a human, emotional and psychological nature. Among those navigating it all are a resourceful pair of abandoned sisters; a lonely boy, grown up; a restless, childless couple; a searching, homeless woman; and an unforgettable conflicted wife and mother. Florida is an exploration of the connections behind human pleasure and pain, hope and despair, love and fury. 'Innovative and terrifyingly relevant. Any one of these stories is a bracing read; together they form a masterpiece' Stylist 'Lushly evocative . . . mesmerising . . . a writer whose turn of phrase can stop you on your tracks' Financial Times
Author: Reid F. Tillery
Publisher: Collingwood Pub.
Published: 2005-01-01
Total Pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780963429759
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is designed to help you fend for yourself and your companions while in Florida's wild areas. It can lead to greater enjoyment of your wilderness adventures and help bring you home safely every time. Included are the priorities of wilderness survival, navigation techniques, wildlife awareness, and safeguards for the wilds of Florida.
Author: Kathleen Walls
Publisher: Global Authors Pubs
Published: 2004-01-01
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9780974216195
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFlorida! The land of sunshine and wide-open beaches. But even the Sunshine State has its dark secrets. Places where centuries old spirits remain tied to earth. Beneath the facade of fun and make believe lurks the real Florida. Settled by often cruel conquistadors, Florida was Europe's first stronghold in the New World. The blood of Spanish, French, English and Native American had stained its verdant woodlands and sandy beaches long before it became part of the United States. Even then, greedy land barons and simple settlers battled the heat, hurricanes, insects and snakes to create the paradise we know as modern Florida. Is it any wonder that unexplainable tales and strange phenomena still remain just below the surface? It is still a great state for explorers of the modern persuasion. But if you want to enjoy it to the fullest, it helps to have some background and history before you begin your voyage of discovery. I have given you the bare bones of each place where I found spirits lurking. I have also included places to stay, great eateries, fun attractions and, most important, a ghostly preview. I have divided the state according to its natural geographic areas. Now it's up to you. Join me as we go about Finding Florida's Phantoms.
