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Finding Florida : the true history of the Sunshine State / T.D. Allman.

By: Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2013Description: xvii, 556 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780802120762
  • 0802120768
  • 9780802122308
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 975.9 23
LOC classification:
  • F311 .A44 2013
Contents:
Prologue: Natures and names -- pt. 1 : Invasive species. Believe it or not ; The Johnny Appleseed of pigs ; Chert ; The fort, not the fountain -- pt. 2 : Coveting Florida. The West Florida Lone Star Butterfly Effect ; The unseen foe ; Americanization at Negro Fort ; Florida's fake history -- pt. 3 : Osceola's head. Governor DuVal's conspiracy ; Defined by massacre ; Jesup's capitulation ; Alternative Floridians -- pt. 4 : Whistling Dixie. Metropolis of the Branded Hand ; Disambiguation ; Empowering the betweenity ; Triumph of violence ; King Ignorance -- pt. 5 : Project future. Pioneers in Paradise ; Swanee ; The total triumph of Walter P. Fraser ; Location, location, location -- pt. 6 : Florida millennium. Theme park universe ; Cities of the future ; A fateful convergence -- Epilogue: No escape from America.
Summary: "For generations, the turbulent story of Florida has been distorted and whitewashed. In [this book], T.D. Allman reclaims this remarkable history from the mythmakers, apologists, and boosters"--Dust jacket flap.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks F311 .A44 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001335677

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"For generations, the turbulent story of Florida has been distorted and whitewashed. In [this book], T.D. Allman reclaims this remarkable history from the mythmakers, apologists, and boosters"--Dust jacket flap.

Prologue: Natures and names -- pt. 1 : Invasive species. Believe it or not ; The Johnny Appleseed of pigs ; Chert ; The fort, not the fountain -- pt. 2 : Coveting Florida. The West Florida Lone Star Butterfly Effect ; The unseen foe ; Americanization at Negro Fort ; Florida's fake history -- pt. 3 : Osceola's head. Governor DuVal's conspiracy ; Defined by massacre ; Jesup's capitulation ; Alternative Floridians -- pt. 4 : Whistling Dixie. Metropolis of the Branded Hand ; Disambiguation ; Empowering the betweenity ; Triumph of violence ; King Ignorance -- pt. 5 : Project future. Pioneers in Paradise ; Swanee ; The total triumph of Walter P. Fraser ; Location, location, location -- pt. 6 : Florida millennium. Theme park universe ; Cities of the future ; A fateful convergence -- Epilogue: No escape from America.

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