Florida's past people and events that shaped the state, volume 2.
Entry/Object ID
Library.1558
Description
268 pages: illustrations ; 24 cm.
Florida's past people and events that shaped the state, volume 2 by Gene M. Burnett.
Virtually every month for fourteen years, Gene Burnett wrote a history piece under the title "Florida's Past" for Florida Trend, Florida's respected magazine of business and finance.
Selected contents volume 2: Governor Broward moves a state -- Pioneer pilgrims on the St. John's River (French Huguenots at Fort Caroline, 1562) -- Jacksonville fights a fever (yellow fever of 1898) -- Nothing could stop the Jacksonville Fire -- Florida shipwreck inspires a classic (Stephen Crane in Jacksonville) .