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Scent of Scandal
Greed, Betrayal, and the World's Most Beautiful Orchid
Häftad, 2014
261 kr
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After its Peruvian discovery in 2002, Phragmipedium kovachii became the rarest and most sought-after orchid in the world. Prices soared to $10,000 on the black market. Then one showed up at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, USA, where every year more than 100,000 people visit. They come for the lush …
Backcountry Lawman
True Stories from a Florida Game Warden
Av Bob H. Lee
Häftad, 2015
261 kr
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Most people have never imagined the often dicey, comical, and sometimes bizarre job of a Florida game warden. Backcountry Lawman tells what it’s like to catch an armed poacher in the act - alone, at night, without backup or a decent radio to call for help. These stories describe the cat-and-mouse …
Ditch of Dreams
The Cross Florida Barge Canal and the Struggle for Florida's Future
Häftad, 2015
312 kr
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For centuries, men dreamed of cutting a canal across the Florida peninsula. Intended to reduce shipping times, it was championed in the early twentieth century as a way to make the mostly rural state a center of national commerce and trade.Rejected by the Army Corps of Engineers as ""not worthy,"" …
Alligators in B-Flat
Improbable Tales from the Files of Real Florida
Häftad, 2015
225 kr
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Florida is a civilized place with eighteen million residents and all of the modern amenities one might expect: fine universities, art museums, world-class restaurants, and luxury accommodations. It is also home to panthers, bears, rattlesnakes, and alligators. In this collection of essays about …
Black Miami in the Twentieth Century
Av Marvin Dunn
Häftad, 2016
341 kr
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The first book devoted to the history of African Americans in south Florida and their pivotal role in the growth and development of Miami, Black Miami in the Twentieth Century traces their triumphs, drudgery, horrors, and courage during the first 100 years of the city's history. Firsthand accounts …
Death in the Everglades
The Murder of Guy Bradley, America's First Martyr to Environmentalism
Inbunden, 2018
416 kr
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Guy Bradley, born in Chicago in 1870, was killed in 1905 only three years into his tenure as game warden in a south Florida that was still very much a frontier. His murderer, never prosecuted, was a one-eyed former Civil War sharpshooter who made his living supplying exotic plumage for women's …
Come to My Sunland
Letters of Julia Daniels Moseley from the Florida Frontier, 1882-1886
Häftad, 2020
297 kr
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Like so many midwesterners since, Julia Daniels and Charles Scott Moseley moved to Florida in the 1880s seeking a warmer climate. This collection of Julia's letters--mainly to her husband, who made frequent business trips north, and to her close friend Eliza Slade--reveals the struggle of a …
Manatee Insanity
Inside the War Over Florida's Most Famous Endangered Species
Häftad, 2022
312 kr
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The quiet manatee has long been a flash point of frequent environmental debates. It is Florida's most famous endangered species, as well as its most controversial. Manatees appear on hundreds of license plates, attract hordes of tourists, and expose the uneasy relationships between science and the …
Stranahans of Fort Lauderdale
A Pioneer Family of New River
Häftad, 2022
291 kr
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Two individuals who shaped the development of one of Florida'smajor urban centersWhenthey married in 1900, Frank and Ivy Stranahan began a life together on theFlorida frontier that would shape and define the development of one of thestate's most sophisticated urban centers. Pioneering spirit and …
Key West on the Edge
Inventing the Conch Republic
Häftad, 2022
312 kr
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How the unique island city came to be a major tourist destinationKey West lies at the southernmost point of the continental United States,ninety miles from Cuba, at Mile Marker 0 on famed U.S. Highway 1. Famous forsix-toed cats in the Hemingway House, Sloppy Joe’s and Captain Tony's, JimmyBuffett …
America's Fortress
A History of Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, Florida
Av Thomas Reid
Häftad, 2022
283 kr
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America’s Fortress offers a compelling narrative of the people who envisioned, constructed, and garrisoned this important military installation . . . Reid brings to life the human experience of the fort that pulsated inside the enduring walls of brick and mortar.”—Peter S. Carmichael, University of …
Castles in the Sand
The Life and Times of Carl Graham Fisher
Häftad, 2023
321 kr
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The definitive biography of the famous developer of Miami BeachIn the booming early years of the 20th century, few entrepreneurs rivaled Carl Fisher (1874-1939) for sheer energy and imagination. Born in Indiana, he began as a bicycle racer and salesman, made his first fortune perfecting and …
Florida's Space Coast
The Impact of NASA on the Sunshine State
Häftad, 2024
297 kr
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The story of how NASA transformed Florida's East Coast over half a centuryFlorida’s Space Coast tells the compelling story of America's half century in space exploration, from the successful launch of the first two-stage rocket in 1950 through the latest space shuttle missions of 2000. Told from …
Enduring Seminoles
From Alligator Wrestling to Casino Gaming
Av Patsy West
Häftad, 2024
297 kr
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Florida Historical Society Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore Award A history of the cultural tourism activities of the Florida Seminoles In the early twentieth century, the Florida Seminoles struggled to survive in an environment altered by the drainage of the Everglades and a dwindling demand for …
Beechers, Stowes, and Yankee Strangers
The Transformation of Florida
Av John T. Foster, Sarah Whitmer Foster
Häftad, 2024
283 kr
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The story of Harriet Beecher Stowe and Charles Beecher in Reconstruction FloridaModern Florida—a world of tourists, retirees from the North, and novel agricultural crops—began among a group of Yankee reformers at the end of the Civil War, including Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom’s …
Al Burt's Florida
Snowbirds, Sand Castles, and Self-Rising Crackers
Av Al Burt
Häftad, 2025
291 kr
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A tour of twentieth-century Florida through the writing of a roving reporter "Some say that Floridians lack a sense of place—they won’t after reading Al Burt."—Ann Henderson, Former executive director, Florida Humanities Council As a roving reporter for the Miami Herald from 1973 to 1995, Al Burt …
