FLORIDA'S PAST People and Events That Shaped the State Volume One

Burnett, Gene

ISBN 10: 0910923272 / ISBN 13: 9780910923279

Published by Pineapple Press, Sarasota, FL, 1986

About this Item

Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket; DJ is worn and torn at edges. DJ has sticker wear on front cover ; 268 pages.

Seller Inventory # 88692

Bibliographic Details

• Title: FLORIDA'S PAST People and Events That Shaped the State Volume One
• Publisher: Pineapple Press, Sarasota, FL
• Publication Date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0910923272
• ISBN 13: 9780910923279
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Fourth Printing.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

About this title

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

About the Author

Gene Burnett was raised in Tampa and educated in Tallahassee at Florida State University. He served as a reporter and editor with a number of newspapers throughout the state―ranging in size from a small country weekly to the Miami Herald―and was also a freelance writer for many Florida magazines.