Download or read book Century a People s History of Charlotte County A written by James Abraham and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-06 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History is full of eddies and currents, but certain themes emerge that give a community clues to both its future and its past. For example, Charlotte County was born in the cockpit of rapid social change, propelled from the Jazz Age into the Great Depression. Communities like Englewood or Cleveland with dreams of becoming metropolises lost their city charters when the music stopped and the well ran dry. Boom and bust. The cycle continued as a construction boom transformed the county during the second half of the 20th century before the major developer of Port Charlotte went belly up.Vernon Peeples, the late, great preeminent historian of Punta Gorda, told me how city founder Isaac Trabue brought the railroad to what was then called Trabue. Soon the railroad backed a play by Trabue's enemies to swallow up his town and give it the name we know today. Now, if Allegiant Airlines can open Sunseeker's doors, we'll see a second revolution spawned by the transportation industry. And that's no coincidence. Punta Gorda was once the southernmost point of the entire North American railroad system, with shipping links south and west to Cuba and New Orleans. Allegiant has capitalized on our proximity to the Midwest and our beckoning breezes. The railroad built the legendary Punta Gorda Hotel, the 19th century version of destination resort travel. Allegiant's Sunseeker may be the 21st century version of that iconic job generator. Geography is our destiny.Now, as we try to make a new society in the face of the deadliest pandemic to strike our community, is not the time to hide our voices. Now is the time to tell our stories. Here is the place to celebrate the people who made Charlotte County's first century

Download or read book Charlotte County Florida A History written by Ted Ehmann and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the end of the Civil War, the area around Charlotte County was the southernmost frontier in the United States. Americans rushed south for the promise of cheap land in paradise. Albert W. Gilchrist peddled that dream with great fanfare, but his outsized legacy as a driver of the area's growth comes with considerable baggage. As Charlotte County strives to reinvent itself once again, historian Ted Ehmann provides a historical lost-and-found where heroes fall from grace and new heroes are created. It's an account that predates the arrival of the railroad by millennia, weaving its way from the Calusa kingdom to present day, stripping the remnants of myth created by early developers' utopian promises.

Download or read book Punta Gorda and the Charlotte Harbor Area written by Vernon Peeples and published by . This book was released on 1986-01-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Swamp Peddlers written by Jason Vuic and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Florida has long been a beacon for retirees, but for many, the American dream of owning a home there was a fantasy. That changed in the 1950s, when the so-called "installment land sales industry" hawked billions of dollars of Florida residential property, sight unseen, to retiring northerners. For only $10 down and $10 a month, working-class pensioners could buy a piece of the Florida dream: a graded home site that would be waiting for them in a planned community when they were ready to build. The result was Cape Coral, Port St. Lucie, Deltona, Port Charlotte, Palm Coast, and Spring Hill, among many others—sprawling communities with no downtowns, little industry, and millions of residential lots. In The Swamp Peddlers, Jason Vuic tells the raucous tale of the sale of residential lots in postwar Florida. Initially selling cheap homes to retirees with disposable income, by the mid-1950s developers realized that they could make more money selling parcels of land on installment to their customers. These "swamp peddlers" completely transformed the landscape and demographics of Florida, devastating the state environmentally by felling forests, draining wetlands, digging canals, and chopping up at least one million acres into grid-like subdivisions crisscrossed by thousands of miles of roads. Generations of northerners moved to Florida cheaply, but at a huge price: high-pressure sales tactics begat fraud; poor urban planning begat sprawl; poorly-regulated development begat environmental destruction, culminating in the perfect storm of the 21st-century subprime mortgage crisis.

Download or read book Library Literacy Program written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Standards for Health Services in Jails written by National Commission on Correctional Health Care (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 2014-04-05 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Developed by leaders in the fields of health, law and corrections, NCCHC's nationally recognized Standards lay the foundation for constitutionally acceptable health services systems and can help prisons to improve health services delivery. The Standards address nine general areas: health care services and support, patient care and treatment, special needs and services, governance and administration, personnel and training, safety, health records, health promotion and medical-legal issues. The manual provides clear compliance indicators that define expected outcomes and aid in self-assessment, guidelines for facilities of various sizes and best practices recommendations. Glossary and index.

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Download or read book Computer Forensics JumpStart written by Micah Solomon and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-05-05 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Launch Your Career in Computer Forensics—Quickly and Effectively Written by a team of computer forensics experts, Computer Forensics JumpStart provides all the core information you need to launch your career in this fast-growing field: Conducting a computer forensics investigation Examining the layout of a network Finding hidden data Capturing images Identifying, collecting, and preserving computer evidence Understanding encryption and examining encrypted files Documenting your case Evaluating common computer forensic tools Presenting computer evidence in court as an expert witness

Download or read book Florida s Peace River Frontier written by Canter Brown and published by Gainesville : University of Central Florida Press : University Presses of Florida. This book was released on 1991 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peace River is a location near Lake Hancock, north of present-day Bartow. Seminole hunting towns on Peace River lay in a five or six mile wide belt of land centered on and running down the river from Lake Hancock to below present-day Fort Meade. Oponay, who also was named Ochacona Tustenatty, was sent into Florida as a representative to the Seminoles on behalf of the Creek chiefs remaining loyal to the United States during the Seminole War. Oponay occupied the land adjacent to Lake Hancock and Saddle Creek. Peter McQueen and his party occupied the area to the south of Bartow. Quite likely their settlement included the remains of Seminole lodges and other facilities located on the west bank near the great ford of the river at Fort Meade. This important strategic position would have allowed the Red Sticks (Indians) to control not only access to the hunting grounds to the south, but communication and the trade with the Cuban fishermen at Charlotte Harbor, as well as the passage of representatives of Spain and England through the harbor.

Download or read book Mawzy s Hope Chest written by Myra Alley Kingsbury and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grace Louise Walker, affectionately known as Mawzy, was born near the turn of the 20th century in the hills of West Virginia's coal-mining country.Her granddaughter, Myra, writes of how Mawzy grew to be the matriarch and inspiration for her siblings, her children, her grandchildren, hundreds of schoolchildren, and her church family. From the coal camp of Gentry Holler, through a divorce and being a single mother in an unaccepting era, to becoming the principal of Springdale Elementary, Mawzy faced tragedy many times. How she picked up and moved on each time reveals the strength of her moral fiber. When one door closed, she found another to openand stepped into it with grace and purpose. Driven to achieve, she was ahead of her time.Mawzy's Hope Chest sets the life of an incredible woman against the backdrop of a beautiful yet unforgiving land. Well-researched and documented, the book is a memoir of transformation and a helpful guide in researching the history of West Virginia.

Download or read book Administrative Assistant II written by National Learning Corporation and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Administrative Assistant II Passbook(R) prepares you for your test by allowing you to take practice exams in the subjects you need to study. It provides hundreds of questions and answers in the areas that will likely be covered on your upcoming exam, including but not limited to: office management; supervision; preparing written material; understanding and interpreting written material; and other related areas.

Download or read book Pediatric Dermatology written by Lawrence A. Schachner and published by Mosby Incorporated. This book was released on 2003 with total page 1340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic masterwork offers comprehensive, encyclopedic guidance on all aspects of pediatric skin disorders. Its editors and contributors are a veritable "who's who" of the top authorities in the field worldwide. Now illustrated in full color throughout for the first time, the 3rd Edition is also more international in scope and more user-friendly in its organization than ever before. What's more, a new CD-ROM combines all of the book's nearly 1,100 illustrations with slide-making software, perfect for use in any type of presentation. · Includes massive updates covering newly defined dermatologic entities genodermatoses and icythoses, the latest drug treatments, including newly reported drug reactions and much more. · Features contributions from five new associate Editors and a host of new authors-offering up-to-date, well-rounded perspectives on every subject. · Presents contributions from a more international assortment of authors, to better reflect worldwide "best practices." · Delivers 1,030 brand-new full-color photographs that perfectly capture the appearance of a full range of skin disorders. · Offers meticulous editing throughout to eliminate overlap and repetition, and gathers all of the information on each disease in a single place for easier reference. · Provides many new tables and therapeutic algorithms for at-a-glance guidance. · Includes a new CD-ROM with slide-making package. Includes massive updates covering newly defined dermatologic entities · genodermatoses and icythoses · the latest drug treatments, including newly reported drug reactions · and much more. Features contributions from five new associate Editors and a host of new authors-offering up-to-date, well-rounded perspectives on every subject. Presents contributions from a more international assortment of authors, to better reflect worldwide "best practices." Delivers 1,030 brand-new full-color photographs that perfectly capture the appearance of a full range of skin disorders. Offers meticulous editing throughout to eliminate overlap and repetition, and gathers all of the information on each disease in a single place for easier reference. Provides new tables and therapeutic algorithms for at-a-glance guidance. Includes a new CD-ROM with slide-making package.

Download or read book Life Lessons from the National Parks written by Penny Musco and published by . This book was released on 2016-03-14 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in where nature may heal and cheer and give strength to the body and soul alike." - John Muir, from The Yosemite, 1912 Whether you're a hiker, a museum explorer, or a reader who travels vicariously, Life Lessons will take you on a four-season tour of some of America's most glorious places within the National Park Service-and you'll meet God along the way. In Life Lessons from the National Parks, author Penny Musco: *Brings the NPS sites to life with her first-person experiences; *Shares Scripture and inspirational anecdotes that relate to the parks' stories; *Provides tips for planning your own visits and links to the sites that are referenced Endorsed by Michael J. Oard, co-author of the "True North National Park Series," and by Cecil Murphey, author or co-author of more than 130 books, including Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story and 90 Minutes in Heaven with Don Piper.

Download or read book Getting Good at Getting Older written by Richard Siegel and published by Behrman House Publishing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A tour for all of us "of a certain age" through the resources and skills to navigate the years between maturity and old age, told with warmth, humor, and more than 4,000 years of Jewish experience to the question of how to shape this new stage of life"--

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Download or read book Wicked written by Winnie Holzman and published by Applause Theatre & Cinema. This book was released on 2010-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each title in The Applause Libretto Library Series presents a Broadway musical with fresh packaging in a 6 x 9 trade paperback format. Each Complete Book and Lyrics is approved by the writers and attractively designed with color photo inserts from the Broadway production. All titles include introduction and foreword by renowned Broadway musical experts. Long before Dorothy dropped in, two other girls meet in the Land of Oz. One, born with emerald green skin, is smart, fiery, and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious, and very popular. The story of how these two unlikely friends end up as the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch makes for the most spellbinding new musical in years.

Download or read book Get Ready for Kindergarten written by Little Genius Books and published by Little Genius Books. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learning That’s Fun! With more than 150 engaging, age-appropriate activities and 2 wipe-off activity boards, the Get Ready series takes the “work” out of “workbook” and keeps learning fun! Featuring letters, numbers, shapes, opposites, and more, each activity in this bright, colorful book utilizes hands-on approaches to the material, including tracing, drawing, and coloring as well as higher cognitive functioning skills like finding the differences, cracking codes, and recognizing patterns. The activities gently build on each other, creating new challenges with every turn of the page, which helps support the child’s ever-growing kindergarten skills! The activities include • Tracing letters and numbers • Word games • Counting games • Mazes • Find the difference • Connect the dots • Simple code cracking • Puzzles • And more! This is the perfect supplemental resource to holds kids’ attention with new playful adventures while also ensuring they have what they need for kindergarten success!