Florida's Past : People and Events that Shaped the State (Volume 2)

Gene M. Burnett *SIGNED*

ISBN 10: 0910923590 / ISBN 13: 9780910923590

Published by Pineapple Press, 1988

About this Item

Nice copy in lightly chipped dust jacket which has not been price clipped, $16.95. 259 pages with photographs. Signed Best Wishes, Gene Burnett on front free endpaper. Seller Inventory # 1215075

Bibliographic Details

Title: Florida's Past : People and Events that ...

Publisher: Pineapple Press

Publication Date: 1988

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

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.