Florida's golden sands

Publication

Jacksonville History Center

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

Library.1340

Description

429 p. illus., maps. 23 cm. Florida's golden sands by Alfred Hanna and Kathryn Abbey Hanna. Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-415) and index. Maps and decorations by Don J. Emery Fernandina, the small port on Amelia Island where the St. Marys empties into the Atlantic, became infamous after Congress passed the Embargo Act of 1807 ... Ships with goods to be smuggled over the border into the United States arrived with frequency and in large numbers... That destructive little reef -- Illicit slave traders -- Seminoles on the coast -- Empire of David Yulee -- Confederate blockade-runners -- Here come the yankees -- Man of uncertain destiny -- Western Indians at St. Augustine -- Halifax river country -- Indian river country -- South of Jupiter -- The orange image of the sun -- Boatman's broadway -- Florida becomes fashionable -- Miami dropped her rompers on the beach -- Arms for Cuba Libra -- Seagoing railroad -- Tilting with a tycoon -- Creating the gold coast --Yo-ho-ho and a boatland of rum -- Unprofitable and vexations -- Spies and submarines off the coast -- Gold of the sands -- Sources -- Acknowledgements -- Index. Maps: Some plantations along the upper East coast -- Seminoles along the coast -- Running the Union blockade during the Civil War -- Transportation routes prior to Flagler system -- Cuban Filibustering system. Jacksonville topics include: Zephaniah Kingsley, the slave trade and Kingsley plantation -- Lyman D. Stickney appointed as Florida's Direct Tax Commissioner along with John S. Sammis and Harrison Reed by Samuel P. Chase -- Flagler decided to develop Mayport -- Jacksonville & Atlantic Railroad running between south Jacksonville and Pablo Beach with Murray Hill hotel constructed -- Three Friends (tugboat/steamship) with Napoleon Broward as captain supplied arms for Cuba with assistance of the Dauntless -- Greenwich (steamer) regular schedule from New Smyrna to Jacksonville while Swan (a 3 decker) ran from Daytona to Jacksonville -- Seminole Wars.

Collection

Library

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Florida -- History., Slave trade -- Florida -- Duval County -- History., Kingsley, Z. (Zephaniah), 1765-1843., Stickney, L. D., Three Friends (Steamship)., Dauntless (Steamship)., Steamboats -- Florida -- Saint Johns River -- History., Seminole War, 1st, 1817-1818., Seminole War, 2d, 1835-1842.

Publication Details

Author

Hanna, Alfred Jackson, 1893-, Hanna, Kathryn Abbey, 1895-

Edition

First edition

Publisher

Bobbs-Merrill Company Inc.

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

Indianapolis, IN

Call No.

F 316 .H22

LCCN

50010520