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Florida, land of imagesEntry/Object ID
2015.1.7246Description
189 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Florida land of images by Nixon Smiley.
With drawings by Bob Lamme.
No index.
Contents: Land of images -- Three incredible adventurers -- Stroll through history -- Ormond still lives -- Those rowdy Minorcans -- How Vero grew -- Ride on the Celestial Railroad -- Playhouse for millionaires -- Miami's loneliest grave -- Captain shove off -- By train to Key West -- By oxcart across the Everglades -- Wizard's ghost -- Three-ring sideshow -- Out of the Arabian Nights -- Tower on the ridge -- Descendant of the Harem -- Cross Creek.
Three incredible adventurers chapter: Captain Don Juan McQueen, John Houston McIntosh, Zephaniah Kingsley, Musilna McGundo( wife of Kingsley), Fatima (their daughter), Isabella and George Gibbs, jail in attic for "unruly slaves", old wooden stock in basement used to secure legs of slaves.
Those rowdy Minorcans chapter: History of New Smyrna colony and move to St. Augustine. Includes information on: Charles (Bossy) Benet, John Papino, Holsted (Hoss) Manucy, Dr. Andrew Turnbull, Governor Tonyn.Collection
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Florida -- Description and travel., Minorcan Americans -- Florida., Minorcans -- Florida -- Saint Augustine Region -- History -- 18th century., Kingsley Plantation (Fort George island, Fla.)., Kingsley, Z. (Zephaniah), 1765-1843.Publication Details
Author
Smiley, Nixon, 1911-1990Publisher
E.A. Seemann PublishingPlace Published
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Miami, FloridaCall No.
F 312 .S635 1972ISBN
0912458194LCCN
72-82931