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PublisherGROVE/Atlantic, Incorporated

ISBN-100802122302

ISBN-139780802122308

eBay Product ID (ePID)167888779

Product Key Features

Book TitleFinding Florida

Number of Pages544 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicUnited States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Modern / General

Publication Year2014

GenreSocial Science, History

AuthorT. D. Allman

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.5 in

Item Weight21.9 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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SynopsisLonglisted for the National Book Award and a Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year Over the centuries, Florida has been many things: an unconquered realm protected by geography, a wilderness that ruined Spanish conquistadors, "god's waiting room," and a place to start over. Depopulated after the extermination of its original native population, today it's home to nineteen million. The site of vicious racial violence, including massacres, slavery, and the roll-back of Reconstruction, Florida is now one of our most diverse states, a dynamic multicultural place with an essential role in 21st-century America. In Finding Florida , journalist T.D. Allman reclaims the remarkable history of Florida from the state's mythologizers, apologists, and boosters. Allman traces the discovery, exploration, and settlement of Florida, its transformation from a swamp to "paradise." Palm Beach, Key West, Miami, Tampa, and Orlando boomed, fortunes were won and lost, land was stolen and flipped, and millions arrived. The product of a decade of research and writing, Finding Florida is a highly original, stylish, and masterful work, the first modern comprehensive history of this fascinating place.