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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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A History of Saint Augustine, Florida
A History of Saint Augustine, Florida© 1881 William Dewhurst196 pages St. Augustine is the oldest European city in North America, founded by the Spanish in 1565. Sitting at the mouth of the St. John river in northern Florida, it originally … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged age of discovery, American South, Britain, Colonial America, Florida, history, Spain
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