Finding Florida : the true history of the Sunshine State / T.D. Allman.
Allman, T. D.
2013
F311 .A44 2013 (Mapit)
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Title Finding Florida : the true history of the Sunshine State / T.D. Allman.
Author Allman, T. D.
ISBN 9780802120762
0802120768
Publication Details New York, N.Y. : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2013.
Language English
Description xvii, 556 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number F311 .A44 2013
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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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