Thunder on the St. Johns

Thunder on the St. Johns
Author: Lee Gramling
Publisher: Pineapple Press Inc
Total Pages: 300
Release: 1994
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781561640805


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The vast unsettled lands of Florida in the 1850s are a magnet drawing men and women from all backgrounds toward the promise of fresh beginnings. Most of them are honest, hard-working citizens. But there is another element, as on any frontier: the violent, the greedy, the power-hungry. Will the honest homesteaders prevail over those who would destroy their dreams even before they can begin to build?

Thunder on the St. Johns

Thunder on the St. Johns
Author: Lee Gramling
Publisher: Pineapple Press Inc
Total Pages: 306
Release: 1994
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781561640645


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The vast unsettled lands of Florida in the 1850s are a magnet drawing men and women from all backgrounds toward the promise of fresh beginnings. Most of them are honest, hard-working citizens. But there is another element, as on any frontier: the violent, the greedy, the power-hungry. Will the honest homesteaders prevail over those who would destroy their dreams even before they can begin to build?

Thunder on the St Johns

Thunder on the St Johns
Author: Lee Gramling
Publisher: Turtleback
Total Pages:
Release: 1994-10-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9780613787437


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The vast unsettled lands of Florida in the 1850s are a magnet drawing men and women from all backgrounds toward the promise of fresh beginnings. Most of them are honest, hard-working citizens. But there is another element, as on any frontier: the violent, the greedy, the power-hungry. Will the honest homesteaders prevail over those who would destroy their dreams even before they can begin to build?

Thunder on the River

Thunder on the River
Author: Daniel L Schafer
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2010-01-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 0813047021


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When the Civil War finally came to North Florida, it did so with an intermittent fury that destroyed much of Jacksonville and scattered its residents. The city was taken four separate times by Federal forces but abandoned after each of the first three occupations. During the fourth occupation, it was used as a staging ground for the ill-fated Union invasion of the Florida interior, which ended in the bloody Battle of Olustee in February 1864. This late Confederate victory, along with the deadly use of underwater mines against the U.S. Navy along the St. Johns, nearly succeeded in ending the fourth Union occupation of Jacksonville. Writing in clear, engaging prose, Daniel Schafer sheds light on this oft-forgotten theatre of war and details the dynamic racial and cultural factors that led to Florida’s engagement on behalf of the South. He investigates how fears about the black population increased and held sway over whites, seeking out the true motives behind both the state and federal initiatives that drove freed blacks from the cities back to the plantations even before the war's end. From the Missouri Compromise to Reconstruction, Thunder on the River offers the history of a city and a region precariously situated as a major center of commerce on the brink of frontier Florida. Historians and Civil War aficionados alike will not want to miss this important addition to the literature.

Thunder on the River

Thunder on the River
Author: Daniel L. Schafer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780813060545


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"This ... narrative explores the impact of the Civil War on Florida's St. John's River region. Moving chronologically through the war years, Thunder on the river brings to light the story of the city of Jacksonville, including the surrounding countryside and its residents, be they white or black, supporters of the Confederacy or of the Union ... Based on a thorough review of a broad selection of primary sources, Thunder on the river touches on such important themes as secession, contested places, occupation, emancipation, invasions, hard war, and reconstruction. It presents local history in a national context and offers a comprehensive telling of the story of Florida's Civil War experiences from the Missouri Compromise to Reconstruction -- of Confederates and Unionists, of soldiers and civilians, of enlisted men and officers, of die-hards and deserters, of slaves and plantation owners, of ordinary men and women caught up in extraordinary events"--Jacket.

The Son of Thunder

The Son of Thunder
Author: Brother Ernest
Publisher:
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2012-10-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9781258499471


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The St. Johns

The St. Johns
Author: James Branch Cabell
Publisher:
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1960
Genre: Florida
ISBN:


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The Florida Quiz Book

The Florida Quiz Book
Author: Hollee Temple
Publisher: Pineapple Press Inc
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2006
Genre: History
ISBN: 156164353X


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Do you know: How many acres of Florida's remaining natural areas have become infested with non-native plant species? Where is Estero Bay? What is the penalty for violating federal manatee protection laws? What river disappears underground in O'Leno State Park and re-emerges above ground in River Rise State Park? Learn this and more in this fun-filled guide to the little-known facts of Florida.

From the Hudson to the St. Johns

From the Hudson to the St. Johns
Author: Anthony Quinton Keasbey
Publisher:
Total Pages: 104
Release: 1874
Genre: Atlantic States
ISBN:


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