"A collection of tales boiling with real estate dealers, egret poachers, rumrunners, mango growers, sportsmen, land grubbers, murderers, and mosquitoes. First printed in The Saturday Evening Post during the 1920s, '30s, and '40s, these stories constitute a rip-snorting glimpse back to a South Florida that now exists only in memory."--Miami Herald
"Reflects the same concerns found in her better-known non-fiction work--a fascination with the beauty of Florida and a warning against its imminent destruction."--Tallahassee Democrat
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"A collection of tales boiling with real estate dealers, egret poachers, rumrunners, mango growers, sportsmen, land grubbers, murderers, and mosqui...
"Colburn presents the facts and is not afraid to interpret them. His narrative captures the inherent drama of specific events and situations: the ruthless beatings of demonstrators, the complacency and fear of many white moderates, the genuinely incredible power of nonviolence to accomplish grand political ends, and the great courage this weapon required of those who wielded it." --Reviews in American History
In 1964, racial reform and racial extremism clashed in St. Augustine, Florida, the city the Southern Christian Leadership Conference targeted for the activities of its...
"Colburn presents the facts and is not afraid to interpret them. His narrative captures the inherent drama of specific events and situations: the r...
"Albert Manucy's book continues to serve as a catalyst for architectural preservation in St. Augustine and to inspire similar works elsewhere. His sketches, which explain this colonial architecture, delight as much as they inform. The book also serves as a gentle reminder to Yankees that Florida was civilized before the Puritans settled New England."--F. Blair Reeves, chairman, Historic Resource Committee, Florida Association/American Institute of Architects As architecture documents history, The Houses of St. Augustine records architecture, preserving and interpreting the history of housing...
"Albert Manucy's book continues to serve as a catalyst for architectural preservation in St. Augustine and to inspire similar works elsewhere. His ske...
From reviews of the first edition: "A succinct and informed account of Flagler's] leadership in transforming Florida's economy."--American Historical Review
"An important contribution to the understanding of Standard Oil's extended partnership and how the personal desire of Flagler led to the early development of Florida's Atlantic Coast."--The Historian
Henry M. Flagler (1830-1913), the ambitious Gilded Age tycoon who designed and built much of Florida's fashionable east coast, rode to success on the rails. As John D. Rockefeller's closest adviser in the...
From reviews of the first edition: "A succinct and informed account of Flagler's] leadership in transforming Florida's economy."--American His...
From reviews of the first edition: "The impact of Broward's] career upon the Florida political scene is told by Samuel Proctor with a skill that combines suspense and accuracy. . . . A great contribution in the field of Florida history."--Miami Daily News "The first full-dress biography of a] colorful Florida politician. . . . His name is perpetuated in the county created at the height of the drainage boom for which he was chiefly responsible. But to many Floridians the name of Broward means a daring filibusterer who smuggled guns and guerrillas to Cuba's revolutionaries. That...
From reviews of the first edition: "The impact of Broward's] career upon the Florida political scene is told by Samuel Proctor with a skill that ...
From reviews of the hardcover edition "Ingalls's hard-hitting indictment is an important addition to the literature on the role of elites in the 'New South' and the extremes to which they would resort to maintain their hegemony."--John Dittmer, Journal of Southern History "Ingalls's exhaustive examination of early twentieth-century strikes, of the membership and tactics of the citizens' committees, of the antisocialist terrorism of the 1930s, and of neglected topics such as the lectors in the cigar factories is both original and useful. . . . H]is portrait of terrorism in...
From reviews of the hardcover edition "Ingalls's hard-hitting indictment is an important addition to the literature on the role of elites in the...
"A jaunty, outstandingly human, and highly successful satire on the habits and ways of professional promoters, on progress in Florida. . . and a lot of other things."--Chicago Tribune
"A delightful discovery for the general reader of Florida fiction." Les Standiford
from the book
"That crazy bastard is famous If he moves here wherever he moves it will be news. It will be on every wire service. It will be in every column. And just what will be the first public reaction?" . . . "My god," Paul said, "You re right." "Paul, do you know how a resort area...
"A jaunty, outstandingly human, and highly successful satire on the habits and ways of professional promoters, on progress in Florida. . . and a lo...
"In the book's impressionistic and personal moments, Rieff succeeds in capturing the mood of the city. He is pleasantly open to the place he is exploring and generally maintains a stance of naivete--the mark of a good travel writer."--New York Times Book Review
"A clear, insightful book of firsthand impressions of Florida's once-heralded Magic City and what its flamboyant Latinization since the 1960s means. Rieff looks thoughtfully at Miami as America's New Havana, with a nod to the image fostered by TV's Miami Vice--an easygoing recital of his visits with some of Miami's most...
"In the book's impressionistic and personal moments, Rieff succeeds in capturing the mood of the city. He is pleasantly open to the place he is exp...
"A beautifully written informal account of the Tampa Bay region." Library Journal
"A colorful history of Tampa Bay, the Hillsborough River which flows into it, and the cities of Tampa and St. Petersburg, together with their smaller satellite communities." Publishers Weekly From its idyllic source in the Green Swamp, the Hillsborough River winds past columns of cypress and matted shrubs and opens into Tampa Bay, part of Florida s urbanized, publicized western Suncoast. The river is not a long one, but the size of its legend in contemporary America is...
"A beautifully written informal account of the Tampa Bay region." Library Journal
"A colorful history of Tampa Bay, the Hillsborough R...
