Download or read book Lake City Florida written by Morris Williams and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Lake City Tombs the Paperback written by James M. Gray and published by . This book was released on 2014-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the Lake City Tombs is one shrouded in doubt, mystery and disbelief. A small Florida town in the 1920's set the stage for this 'true life' story. By mere chance an accomplished scientist accidentally discovers an underground cavern in Lake City said to possess artifacts and petrified human bodies. Was it a well-orchestrated hoax or a major archaeological find? Author James Gray and his group of scientists have excavated the site and extensively researched the man behind the mystery. This publication combines several written works regarding the Tombs site and is the most comprehensive collection known at the time of printing.

Download or read book History of Florida written by Harry Gardner Cutler and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Lake Helen the Gem of Florida written by Dorothy Schneider and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-04-16 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An early history of Lake Helen, Florida from the late 1800's to 2007. Includes many photographs and stories of early life in Florida. A project by the Lake Helen League for Better Living.

Download or read book Lake City and Columbia County written by Andrew R. Nicholas and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lake City was founded in the 1820s as Alligator--named after a Seminole town--and was made the county seat of Columbia County in 1839. The abundance of lakes and pride in the quiet, natural surroundings led to the citizens of Alligator changing the name of the town to Lake City in 1859. During the Civil War, the Battle of Olustee took place a few miles east of Lake City, forever changing the town. After the war, Lake City became an important place for education with the founding of Florida Agriculture College in 1884; the college was the predecessor of the University of Florida, and its location is now home to the Veterans Administration Hospital. In the 20th century, Lake City and Columbia County expanded the area's agriculture, education, and transportation opportunities. Lake City is centrally located in Columbia County at the intersection of Interstate 10 and Interstate 75, marking the city as the gateway to Florida.

Download or read book Al Capone at the Blanche Hotel written by Linda Bennett Pennell and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lake City, Florida, June, 1930: Al Capone checks in for an unusually long stay at the Blanche Hotel, a nice enough joint for an insignificant little whistle stop. The following night, young Jack Blevins witnesses a body being dumped heralding the summer of violence to come. One-by-one, people controlling county vice activities swing from KKK ropes. No moonshine distributor, gaming operator, or brothel madam, black or white, is safe from the Klan's self-righteous vigilantism. Jack's older sister Meg, a waitress at the Blanche, and her fiance, a sheriff's deputy, discover reasons to believe the lynchings are cover for a much larger ambition than simply ridding the county of vice. Someone, possibly backed by Capone, has secret plans for filling the voids created by the killings. But as the body count grows and crosses burn, they come to realize this knowledge may get all of them killed. Gainesville, Florida, August, 2011: Liz Reams, an up and coming young academic specializing in the history of American crime, impulsively moves across the continent to follow a man who convinces her of his devotion yet refuses to say the three simple words "I love you." Despite the entreaties of friends and family, she is attracted to edginess and a certain type of glamour in her men, both living and historical. Her personal life is an emotional roller coaster, but her career options suddenly blossom beyond all expectation, creating a very different type of stress. To deal with it all, Liz loses herself in her professional passion, original research into the life and times of her favorite bad boy, Al Capone. What she discovers about 1930's summer of violence, and herself in the process, leaves her reeling at first and then changed forever.

Download or read book Florida Trail Hikes written by Sandra Friend and published by . This book was released on 2024-04-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to the best scenic day hikes and overnight trips along the state-spanning Florida Trail, this book helps readers of all backgrounds and experience levels plan an adventure exploring natural Florida.

Download or read book Muck City written by Bryan Mealer and published by Crown. This book was released on 2013-08-13 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a town deep in the Florida Everglades, where high school football is the only escape, a haunted quarterback, a returning hero, and a scholar struggle against terrible odds. The loamy black “muck” that surrounds Belle Glade, Florida once built an empire for Big Sugar and provided much of the nation's vegetables, often on the backs of roving, destitute migrants. Many of these were children who honed their skills along the field rows and started one of the most legendary football programs in America. Belle Glade’s high school team, the Glades Central Raiders, has sent an extraordinary number of players to the National Football League – 27 since 1985, with five of those drafted in the first round. The industry that gave rise to the town and its team also spawned the chronic poverty, teeming migrant ghettos, and violence that cripples futures before they can ever begin. Muck City tells the story of quarterback Mario Rowley, whose dream is to win a championship for his deceased parents and quiet the ghosts that haunt him; head coach Jessie Hester, the town’s first NFL star, who returns home to “win kids, not championships”; and Jonteria Willliams, who must build her dream of becoming a doctor in one of the poorest high schools in the nation. For boys like Mario, being a Raider is a one-shot window for escape and a college education. Without football, Jonteria and the rest must make it on brains and fortitude alone. For the coach, good intentions must battle a town’s obsession to win above all else. Beyond the Friday night lights, this book is an engrossing portrait of a community mired in a shameful past and uncertain future, but with the fierce will to survive, win, and escape to a better life.

Download or read book My Scrapbook of My Illness with Polio 1946 1951 written by Edna Black and published by Library Press at Uf. This book was released on 2020-05-25 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Polio, an infectious disease caused by a virus, became epidemic in the United States in the early to mid-20th century. Recounted in the form of a journal, this story about Edna Black Hindson does a wonderful job making the story of polio come alive. Edna caught polio in 1946, before the height of the epidemic, and the introduction of the vaccine --and well after Franklin Delano Roosevelt turned Warm Springs into the only place focused only on treating poliomyelitis. Thus, her story shows how Americans in the 1940s understood and treated polio, how they were able to use the facilities at Warm Springs and the work it took to help children recover muscle control and the ability to move their limbs that had originally been paralyzed.

Download or read book Sean of the South written by Sean Dietrich and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-11-30 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first volume of a collection of short stories by Sean Dietrich, a writer, humorist, and novelist, known for his commentary on life in the American South. His humor and short fiction appear in various publications throughout the Southeast.

Download or read book Alligator Creek written by Lottie Guttry and published by . This book was released on 2015-10 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a true family story, Alligator Creek is Lottie Guttry's tale of a wife struggling to hold her family together in the midst of a war-torn country. When her husband leaves for the front in the middle of the Civil War, Sarah is left alone with just her faith and her love for her family to help guide her through the difficult times ahead.

Download or read book Florida Then and Now written by David Watts and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dazzling collection of rare and previously unpublished photographs takes readers to the heart of the Sunshine StateHundreds of fascinating archive images have been paired with present-day photographs to reveal how Florida has changed and evolved. From its sunny beaches and orange growing to its flamingos and amusement parks, this book highlights the landmarks, sights, and people that make the state unique. Sites include Tallahassee, Miami, Orlando, Tampa, Jacksonville, Fort Lauderdale, Key West, Amelia Island, South Beach, Coconut Grove, Coral Gables, Sarasota, St. Augustine, Everglades National Park, Lake Eola, Tinker Field, Hialeah Race Course, Daytona International Speedway, University of Florida, Walt Disney World Resort, Epcot, Universal Studios Orlando, and Kennedy Space Center.

Download or read book Summary of Extreme Ownership written by Chris Lambertsen and published by Special Operations Media. This book was released on 2020-04-14 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PLEASE NOTE: This is an executive summary, analysis and review and NOT the original book. This well-written summary is aimed at those who want to learn the main lessons of Extreme Ownership, but don't have the time to read the actual 384 page book. This summary provides a chapter-by-chapter review and analysis of the book's main concepts, lessons and techniques. It also includes real world business lessons and analogies not contained in the original book. Reading this summary will accelerate your understanding of the most vital lessons contained in Extreme Ownership, enabling you to quickly apply them in various aspects of your professional and personal life.

Download or read book Families of Southeastern Georgia written by Jack N. Averitt and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 2009-06 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Pioneers of Jewell written by Ted Brownstein and published by New Lands Press. This book was released on 2013-07-04 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: JEWELL, FLORIDA, a 'lost community' of everglades pioneers founded in 1885 by Samuel and Fannie James, an African-American couple, believed to be former slaves, would go on to become the City of Lake Worth, its earliest history and adventuresome first settlers now rediscovered in the context of their times. Meet prominent physician Dr. Harry Stites, Justice of the Peace "Squire" John C. Hoagland, hermitMichael Merkel and other neighbors through their struggles, successes, disputes and fast friendships.

Download or read book Come to My Sunland written by Julia Winifred Moseley and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-02 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like so many midwesterners since, Julia Daniels and Charles Scott Moseley moved to Florida in the 1880s seeking a warmer climate. This collection of Julia's letters--mainly to her husband, who made frequent business trips north, and to her close friend Eliza Slade--reveals the struggle of a cultured, urban woman adjusting to the hardship and isolation of life in pioneer Florida. And then coming to love it. Tramping through the unsullied land surrounding the Limona community near Tampa, where they settled, she gloried in her "neglected corner in the Garden of Eden," where she "could look up fifty feet and see air plants growing on the branches of great oaks and hundreds of ferns nodding . . . in the sunlight and gray moss moving through the trees like mist." "Think of me gazing up among crane's nests with redbirds in my own oaks," she wrote. "Even in the nighttime, a mocking bird often sings to me of all the beautiful things I love." Julia (herself a published writer) selected these unedited letters and copied them for her family into a thick leather book. Like characters in a novel, the friends and relatives she describes crackle with personality: a flamboyant Russian proclaims his version of communism, a New England spinster counters with Utopian visions, and a university professor retreats from the ivory tower to agricultural experimentation. Readers observe Julia's flair for making daily life cheerful and they meet the couple's two adored sons and Scott's children by an earlier marriage, as well as Cracker settlers, cattle runners, and assorted seekers of health or wealth. An artist, Julia created a distinctive home designed and decorated in the manner of the pre-Raphaelites. Her palmetto fiber wall covering was exhibited at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893 and survives today. The Florida house, named The Nest, is on the National Register of Historic Places. Accompanied by 71 photographs of Julia's home and family, these letters transcend the life of one woman to capture the experience and spirit of 19th-century Florida.

Download or read book Jacksonville in the 1920s written by Andrew R Nicholas and published by Arcadia Pub (Sc). This book was released on 2021-09-06 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Jacksonville architecture of the 1920s was a marvel as it dotted the glowing skyline--which could easily be seen across the St. Johns River at that time. Jacksonville in the 1920s shows a drastically different city compared to how it looks in the 2020s. Most of the early buildings have been demolished, although a few survive, including the B...