Osceola and the Great Seminole War
Osceola and the Great Seminole War

Author: Thom Hatch

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2012-07-17

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0312355912

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"When he died in 1838, Seminole warrior Osceola was the most famous Native American in the world. Born a Creek, Osceola was driven from his home to Florida by General Andrew Jackson where he joined the Seminole tribe. Their paths would cross again when President Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act that would relocate the Seminoles to hostile lands and lead to the return of the slaves who had joined their tribe. Outraged Osceola declared war. This vivid history recounts how Osceola led the longest, most expensive, and deadliest war between the U.S. Army and Native Americans and how he captured the imagination of the country with his quest for justice and freedom. Insightful, meticulously researched, and thrillingly told, Thom Hatch's account of the Great Seminole War is an accomplished work that finally does justice to this great leader"--Provided by publisher.

Historic Osceola County
Historic Osceola County

Author: Jim Robison

Publisher: HPN Books

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 119

ISBN-13: 1935377027

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An illustrated history of Osceola County, Florada, paired with histories of the local companies.

Osceola, Missouri, The Burning of 1861
Osceola, Missouri, The Burning of 1861

Author: Richard F. Sunderwirth

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2013-09-15

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781492731733

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"As the sun went down Sunday night," concluded the brigade correspondent, "Osceola was a heap of smoldering ruins. Well over two thousand people were left homeless and perhaps the fairest city in Missouri had been utterly wiped from the face of the earth. Union Brigadier General Jim Lane left Osceola with all their plunder and headed for Kansas, leaving old age, and helpless innocents to keep vigil over the dead and wounded, and life blood and tears marked the spot which only a few short hours before had been peaceful, contented, happy homes."

Celebration, U.S.A.
Celebration, U.S.A.

Author: Douglas Frantz

Publisher: Henry Holt and Company

Published: 2000-09-01

Total Pages: 366

ISBN-13: 1466815671

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A prize-winning reporter, his wife, and their two kids describe life in Disney's vision of the future. In 1997, six months after the first residents had moved into Celebration, Florida-Disney's town of the future with its distinctly retro link to a longed-for past-Doug and Cathy and their two kids closed on their new home and settled down to participate in (and observe) this new venture. Their report from the trenches will surprise both Disney haters and Disney fans. What is it like to start a new community-not a suburb or subdivision, but a town, inted to be a self-supporting community with the best of the new technologies (including the very latest in teaching techniques) and the most cherished elements in American towns that existed before the automobile turned everything into a mall? For almost two years the family lived this experiment firsthand. Their report is vivid, funny, and painful-and it tells us as much about ourselves and our hopes and dreams as it does about the daily reality of building a community from the ground up.

Finding Florida
Finding Florida

Author: T. D. Allman

Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Published: 2013-03-05

Total Pages: 578

ISBN-13: 0802120768

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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.