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HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
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Allman, T. D.
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Florida -- History.
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Finding Florida : the true history of the Sunshine State / T.D. Allman.
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Allman, T. D.
New York, N.Y. : Atlantic Monthly Press, c2013.
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Florida -- History.
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9780802120762 :
Description:
xvii, 556 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
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.
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"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.
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Hawaii State Library
Language, Literature & History
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975.9 Al
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