1991, ISBN: 9780813010373

Orlando: Univ. Of Central Florida Press, 1991. First printing. Light blue cloth with gold spine titling and dark blue endpapers. 483 pages. Black & white illustrations and maps. App… Meer...

Orlando: Univ. Of Central Florida Press, 1991. First printing. Light blue cloth with gold spine titling and dark blue endpapers. 483 pages. Black & white illustrations and maps. Appendices. Notes. Bibliography. Index. ~ Book is tight, square, with no edge wear, quite clean with one small and very pale stain at lower edge of front board which is barely detectable. Interior pages are umarked save for three very light and incidental smudges on the margins of the first two preface pages. Otherwise the pages are quite fresh and bright and clean. The dust jacket is mildly age-toned and has numerous short tears and small chips to edges, the most noticeable portion being along the head of the spine and top edge of the front panel, a triangular chip at the bottom edge of the front panel, and a tearat the top of the back flap fold. The jacket is now protected in a clear archival cover, within which the book presents nicely. ~~ This well-researched and scholarly narrative history, using primary sources such as government records, newspapers and manuscript collections, tells the story of the growth and development of the Peace River Valley region in Southwest Florida. The Peace River originates at Lake Hamilton in Polk County and winds southwesterly for 106 miles to Charlotte Harbor on the Gulf Coast. The early Native American and African American peoples in the aftermath of the First Seminole War; the Civil War and Reconstruction periods, the arrival of the railroad; the phosphate boom; and the Great Freeze of 1895 are among the events chronicled. Ten appendices provide lists of names of individuals who had a role in the history, eg., Soldiers of the Patriot War; Selected Residents of Old Columbia, Hamilton, and Alachua Counties; Selected Enlistments, Second Florida Cavalry; and so forth. This book forms an important part of the literature pertaining to the Florida frontier. ~~ This copy bears a dated inscription by the author on the half-title page: "5-17-91 -- To John -- a fellow Floridian and lover of Florida history -- with the best of wishes --Canter Brown Jr.". First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Good. 8.25" x 9.25"., Univ. Of Central Florida Press, 1991<

1991, ISBN: 9780813010373

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