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Originally Posted by Donaz1

One of my favorite books. A great read about a family escaping the War between the states. It is remarkable of their survival with the help of the Seminoles.

I too liked A Land Remembered. Another book about Florida history that I found most interesting is Bubble in the Sun by Christopher Knowlton (2020). Subtitle is: The Florida Boom of the 1920s and How It Brought on the Great Depression." The era was one of excess and describes the developers of Coral Gables, Boca Raton and Miami. The chapters on Addison Mizner, an architect who designed and built the great mansions in Palm Beach (including Mar-a-Lago) were intriguing. He held court at a cocktail hour daily with the rich and famous. There are several descriptions of Marjorie Stoneman Douglas and her environmental efforts to save the Everglades.