A Brief Guide to Florida's Monuments and Memorials.
Published by Gainesville: University Press of Florida, (). First Edition., 2008
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: Lighthouse Books, ABAA, Dade City, FL, U.S.A.Lighthouse Books, ABAA
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Tall, narrow octavo, softbound (slick, full-color photo. illustrated stiff wrappers), xiv + 260 pp. Fine (As New). From lower cover: From Civil War to civil rights, from Spanish colonization to the twentieth-century founder of Coral Gables, from Florida natives to famous visitors, intriguing monuments and memorials stretch from Pensacola to the Keys. Whether your interest is in Okeechobee, Olustee, or Dade battlefields, the 1838 Constitution Convention, the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935, John Ringling, Ponce de Leon, Herbert Hoover, Jackie Robinson, Ernest Hemingway, or a host of others, this book reveals the stories behind the extraordinary people, places, and events celebrated throughout the state. Award-winning travel writer Roberta Sandler presents a key to more than eighty of the most intriguing sites the state has to offer. Organized geographically, the book recommends stops throughout Florida and covers a full five centuries of state history. In-depth descriptions chronicle the hidden stories behind the markers, including the person or the event honored as well as the process of erecting the monument or memorial. Florida, Floridiana, Florida History, Americana, American History, U. S. History, United States History, U.S.-iana yslic.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- A Brief Guide to Florida's Monuments and Memorials.
- Author
- Sandler, Roberta.
- Publisher
- Gainesville: University Press of Florida, (). First Edition.
- Publication year
- 2008
- Binding
- Soft cover
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We are a family run shop that has served book lovers for nearly fifty years. We have recently moved to larger quarters in Dade City - a town in central Florida known for its antiques stores and comfortable cafes. We specialize in Florida History and Americana, but carry a broad range of general used and secondhand books, and a small gallery of prints and maps. We offer certified appraisal services, and are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America, The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers, and the Florida Antiquarian Booksellers' Association. We invite you to visit our webpage: http://www.OldFloridaBookStore.com. If you're a lover of old books, you may enjoy articles we've posted to our blog: http://www.OldFloridaBookStore.blogspot.com.…
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Lighthouse Books, ABAA
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