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Tag Archives: Florida
Camino Winds | Jesus the Son of Man
Amid a category 4 hurricane that levels homes and floods an entire town, a man is murdered. The police shake their heads, insisting he was merely struck by storm debris. But falling limbs don’t leave blood splatter inside a home … Continue reading
Posted in Religion and Philosophy, Reviews
Tagged Florida, Jesus, John Grisham, Kahlil Gibran, poetry, wisdom literature
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Camino Island
Camino Island© 2017 John Grisham290 pages Mercer Mann thought she’d reached the bottom of her career. After publishing early, and young, she’s floundered ever since, and keeps herself eating — and keeps the creditors for her $60,000 in student loans … Continue reading
Beautiful Genius
After leaving the Castillo, I began exploring the streets of a city which had come alive. Already, the wide sea-front avenue and the narrow alleys of the ‘old town’ proper were filled with the smell of food, from grilled fish … Continue reading
Citadel of the Spainards: Castillo de San Marcos
Last weekend I traveled down to St. Augustine, the oldest city in the United States, to engage with Spanish history, see the Atlantic ocean, and enjoy a town so architecturally rich and dense that it’s almost like visiting Europe. The … Continue reading
La Regresa
Well, dear readers, I have returned from two twelve-hour days walking around St. Augustine, bracketed by two seven hour drives. I have stood in the waves and watched the sun set over the city, climbed a lighthouse fourteen stories above … Continue reading
La Florida
La Florida: Five Hundred Years of Hispanic Presence© 2016 Viviana Díaz Balsera & Rachel A. May312 pages Florida, like many places in the United States, bears the name given to it by another culture. The Spanish, setting first foot on … Continue reading
Posted in history, Politics and Civic Interest, Reviews
Tagged Colonial America, Florida, Hispanic, history, politics, Politics-CivicInterest, Spain
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The Other War of 1812
The Other War of 1812: The Patriot War © 2007 James Cusick 398 pages If the War of 1812 rings any bells for most Americans, they may associate it with the creation of the Star-Spangled Banner, the national anthem whose … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged American Frontier, American South, Colonial America, Florida, history, military, Spain, War of 1812
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Florida Under Five Flags
Florida Under Five Flags© 1945 Rembert Patrick160 pages Note: I read from the 1st edition. This cover is from the 5th edition, which has been updated and presumably revised. The State of Florida entered the Union in 1845; in 1945, … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged America, American South, Colonial America, Florida, France, history, Spain
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