Name/Title
Other Florida, TheEntry/Object ID
Library.1339Description
336 pages : illustrations, color map (on lining papers), photographs ; 22 cm.
The Other Florida by Gloria Jahoda.
"She wrote about Gulf of Mexico mullett fisherman Yancy Register, rattlesnake handlers, turpentine stills, quail plantations and oak trees, especially the giants lining country, "canopy roads." - obituary ."
Personal portrait of the types of people, flowers, birds, pinewoods and daily life observed in her non-tourist region of northwest Florida.
Contents: The last Confederate victory -- The music maker of Solano Grove --
Dr. Gorrie's wonderful ice machine.
Map on end papers.
Delius lived in a cottage in Solano Grove, about 45 miles south of Jacksonville, on the St. Johns River.
Dr. Gorrie invented the ice-making machine and is considered the father of air conditioning.Collection
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Florida -- Description and travel -- 1951- ., Delius, Frederick, 1862-1934., Gorrie, John, 1803-1855.Publication Details
Author
Jahoda, Gloria.Publisher
Charles Scribner's SonsPlace Published
* Untyped Place Published
New York, NYCall No.
F 316.2 .J3LCCN
67021339