Backcountry Lawman

Bob H Lee

• Paperback | Engels | Florida History and Culture
• First Place, Florida Outdoor Writers Association Excellence in Craft Award "High speed chases, shootouts, monkey-fishing, and being urinated on: is Ba... Lees meer

The Everglades

David McCally

• Hardcover | Engels | Florida History and Culture
• "[A] detailed and lively environmental history of the Everglades. Those interested in anthropology, geology, and American history will also find much ... Lees meer

Hitler's Soldiers in the Sunshine State

Robert D Billinger

• Paperback | Engels | Florida History and Culture
• "They were Uncle Sam's smiling workers and they looked like all-American boys. There were at least 10,000 of them, deployed in 25 Florida camps betwee... Lees meer

Castles in the Sand

Mark S Foster

• Paperback | Engels | Florida History and Culture
• This is the definitive biography of a famous developer and fascinating entrepreneur. Born in Indiana, Carl Fisher helped build the Indianapolis Motor ... Lees meer

Al Burt's Florida

Al Burt

• Hardcover | Engels | Florida History and Culture
• "Some say that Floridians lack a sense of place--they won't after reading Al Burt."--Ann Henderson, executive director, Florida Humanities Council "Fl... Lees meer

Paradise Lost?

• Paperback | Engels | Florida History and Culture
• "From the earliest descriptions of the state's natural beauty to the degradation of the Everglades, virtually every facet of Florida environment is in... Lees meer

Ditch of Dreams

Steven Noll, David Tegeder

• Paperback | Engels | Florida History and Culture
• Traces the long standing effort to build a canal across Florida "Offers timeless lessons about pork-barrel politics and the power of citizen-environme... Lees meer

Sunshine Paradise

Tracy J Revels

• Paperback | Engels | Florida History and Culture
• The first book to focus exclusively on how--and why--tourism came to define Florida. Offering a concise look at the subject from the 1820s to the pres... Lees meer

America's Fortress

Thomas Reid

• Paperback | Engels | Florida History and Culture
• Known as the "American Gibraltar," Fort Jefferson, located in the Dry Tortugas, Florida, was the most heavily armed coastal defense fort in United Sta... Lees meer

Government in the Sunshine State

David R Colburn, Lance Dehaven-Smith

• Hardcover | Engels | Florida History and Culture
• "David Colburn and Lance deHaven-Smith have long been two of Florida's most respected and insightful political commentators, so it comes as no surpris... Lees meer

The Stranahans of Fort Lauderdale

Harry A Kersey

• Paperback | Engels | Florida History and Culture
• The story of Frank and Ivy Stranahan, two individuals who shaped the development of one of Florida's major urban centers. Lees meer

Black Miami in the Twentieth Century

Marvin Dunn

• Paperback | Engels | Florida History and Culture
• The first book devoted to the history of African Americans in south Florida and their pivotal role in the growth and development of Miami, Black Miami... Lees meer

Manatee Insanity

Craig Pittman

• Paperback | Engels | Florida History and Culture
• The quiet manatee has long been a flash point of frequent environmental debates. It is Florida's most famous endangered species, as well as its most c... Lees meer

Paving Paradise

Craig Pittman

• Paperback | Engels | Florida History and Culture
• "Draws readers into its difficult subject by resorting to the dirtiest trick in the journalist's bag of tricks: great storytelling."-- Creative Loafin... Lees meer

Death in the Everglades

Stuart B McIver

• Paperback | Engels | Florida History and Culture
• Death in the Everglades chronicles the demise of one of 20th-century Florida's most enduring folk heroes. The murder of Guy Bradley represents a miles... Lees meer

Key West on the Edge

Robert Kerstein

• Paperback | Engels | Florida History and Culture
• How the unique island city came to be a major tourist destination Florida Historical Society Charlton Tebeau Book Award Key West lies at the southernm... Lees meer

Embry-Riddle at War

Stephen G Craft

• Paperback | Engels | Florida History and Culture
• "Effectively tells the story of a civilian company responsible for training foreign and domestic cadets, and their civilian relations within the large... Lees meer

Voices of the Apalachicola

Faith Eidse

• Paperback | Engels | Florida History and Culture
• One of the main water resources for Florida, Alabama, and Georgia, the Apalachicola River begins where the Chattahoochee and Flint rivers meet at Lake... Lees meer

The Scent of Scandal

Craig Pittman

• Paperback | Engels | Florida History and Culture
• 2012 Florida Book Awards, Silver Medal for Florida Non-Fiction "FANTASTIC. If I did not know most of the main players I would have thought the author ... Lees meer

Losing It All to Sprawl

Bill Belleville

• Paperback | Engels | Florida History and Culture
• One of Library Journal's Best Books of 2006 Winner, Bronze Medal, Florida Book Awards Winner, Al Burt Award "Bill Belleville writes gorgeously and str... Lees meer

Gladesmen

Glen Simmons, Laura Ogden

• Paperback | Engels | Florida History and Culture
• "An homage to the rugged 'swamp rats' who were largely overlooked or scorned by the region's historians, naturalists, and adventurers."-- Miami Herald... Lees meer

The Enduring Semioles

Patsy West

• Paperback | Engels | Florida History and Culture
• Early in this century, the Florida Seminoles struggled to survive in an environment altered by the drainage of the Everglades and a dwindling demand f... Lees meer

Florida's Farmworkers in the Twenty-First Century

Nano Riley

• Hardcover | Engels | Florida History and Culture
• "Historically, farmworkers have been among the most exploited of America's many laboring groups. They are not forgotten people, but they are indeed Am... Lees meer

Land of Sunshine, State of Dreams

Gary R Mormino

• Paperback | Engels | Florida History and Culture
• "This path-breaking book brilliantly explains the explosive growth of Florida from 2.7 million inhabitants in 1950 to 15.9 million in 2000. It focuses... Lees meer