Florida’s Past: People and Events That Shaped the State

✍ Scribed by Gene M. Burnett

Publisher: Pineapple Press
Year: 1996
Tongue: English
Leaves: 272
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Full of essays dealing with Florida's history in Gene Burnett's easygoing style
-- Careful research and eclectic choice of topics make history good reading that educates and entertains
-- Each volume divides Florida's people and events into Achievers and Pioneers, Villains and Characters, Heroes and Heroines, War and Peace, and Calamities and Social Turbulence
-- Many essays were originally published in Florida Trend -- a bit of Florida history in each issue for over 15 years -- a tribute to Burnett's appeal
-- A course in Florida history and a good read too

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