Time Traveler's Guide to Florida

Nonfiction, Travel, United States, South, Adventure & Literary Travel, History, Americas
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Author: Jack Powell ISBN: 9781561646685
Publisher: Pineapple Press Publication: January 1, 2010
Imprint: Pineapple Press Language: English
Author: Jack Powell
ISBN: 9781561646685
Publisher: Pineapple Press
Publication: January 1, 2010
Imprint: Pineapple Press
Language: English

For those who believe that the best way to understand someone is to walk a mile in his or her shoes, Florida's rich history features those whose footwear ranged from Native American moccasins to astronauts' boots. And there are plenty of opportunities to actually walk in those shoes. You can join in all sorts of historical reenactments—in full costume if you like. You have the unique opportunity to relive a part of Florida's long and fascinating past. You can also travel forward into the future.

A sample of the times you can visit:

  • 12,000 B.C.: Stone Age and Primitive Arts Festival in Ochlockonee
  • 1565: The Menendez Landing Event in St. Augustine
  • 1586: Drake's Raid on St. Augustine
  • 1650–1725: The Pirates of Fort Taylor in Key West
  • 1690s: Military Muster at Castillo San Luis in Tallahassee
  • Late 1700s: The Living Village of Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki in the Big Cypress Seminole Reservation
  • 1835: The Dade Battle at Bushnell
  • 1864: The Battle of Olustee in Baker County
  • 1870: A Cane Boil at Morningside Farm in Gainesville
  • 1898: A Spanish-American War Event at Fernandina Beach
  • 1945: VE Day in Florida at The Villages
  • 2025: The Zero-G Flights at Cape Kennedy
  • est. 2050: Jules Undersea Lodge inKey Largo

The day has arrived for this new kind of travelogue, which reveals not only places to visit but also time periods to experience. This is a book for today's explorers of place and space, past and future. This is The Time Traveler's Guide to Florida.

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For those who believe that the best way to understand someone is to walk a mile in his or her shoes, Florida's rich history features those whose footwear ranged from Native American moccasins to astronauts' boots. And there are plenty of opportunities to actually walk in those shoes. You can join in all sorts of historical reenactments—in full costume if you like. You have the unique opportunity to relive a part of Florida's long and fascinating past. You can also travel forward into the future.

A sample of the times you can visit:

The day has arrived for this new kind of travelogue, which reveals not only places to visit but also time periods to experience. This is a book for today's explorers of place and space, past and future. This is The Time Traveler's Guide to Florida.

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