Florida : its scenery, climate, and history

Publication

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Jacksonville History Center

Name/Title

Florida : its scenery, climate, and history

Entry/Object ID

Library.1917

Tags

Library records not in public view

Description

xlii, 266, 10 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm Florida its scenery, climate, and history by Sidney Lanier with introduction and index by Jerrell H. Shofner Original title page has imprint: Philadelphia, Lippincott. Includes bibliographical references. Summary: The chapter on "other winter-resorts" includes information on Charleston (p. 218-235) and Aiken, South Carolina, (p. 259-262), along with details on "the celebrated phosphate ores."--p. 220. Contents: The Ocklawaha River -- St. Augustine in April -- Jacksonville in January -- The Gulf Coast -- The Tallahassee Country or Piedmont Florida -- The St. Johns and Indian Rivers -- The Lake Country and Gainesville Country -- West Florida -- Lake Okeechobee and the Everglades -- The Key West country -- The climate -- Historical -- For consumptives -- Other winter-resorts on the route to Florida. Jacksonville information: Jacksonville in January includes information on: population, St. James Hotel, Grand National Hotel, St. Marks Hotel, boating on the St. Johns River, Florida curiosities including alligator teeth, circulating library in Astor's building, Ashmead brothers at Bay and Pine, Ambler's Bank, Moncrief's Springs, Palmetto Avenue on Fort George Island, mean temperature of Jacksonville for each season, frosts in Jacksonville, rainfall and humidity in Jacksonville.

Collection

Library

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Florida -- Description and travel -- 19th century., St. James Hotel (Jacksonville, Fla.)., National Hotel (Jacksonville, Fla.)., St. Marks Hotel (Jacksonville, Fla.)., Ashmead Brothers (Jacksonville, Fla.)., Ambler's Bank (Jacksonville, Fla.)., Moncrief Springs (Jacksonville, Fla.)., Jacksonville (Fla.) -- Climate.

Publication Details

Author

Lanier, Sidney 1842-1881., Shofner, Jerrell H., 1929-2017.

Publisher

University of Florida Press

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

Gainesville.

Call No.

F 316 .L28 1973

ISBN

0813003695