reviews: The New History of Florida

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 Few people are more qualified to complie a complete and thorough history on the state of Florida than Michael Gannon. His supervision has drawn together a book touching every facet of Florida with well-documented informantion and little-known facts. Florida Living

 "Finally. People who want to know more about Florida have a full-length history of the state." "A first-rate history of the state, beginning with the arrival of the peninsula's first inhabitants 10,000 years ago, long before Spain's Ponce de Leon mace ashore in 1513. Written to observe the sesquicentennial of statehood, The New History of Florida undoubtedly will become the standard reference on Florida for the next quarter century." Orlando Sentinel

 "a wonderfully crafted, most readable book." Gainesville Sun

 "packed with detail but [it] is a smoothly readable tome." St. Petersburg Times

 "For those interested in seeking out the multifaceted aspects of their native or adopted state, this is the place to start." Tampa Tribune

 "An unusual and richly satisfying book...." Stuart News

 "a first-rate history of the state, beginning with the arrival of the peninsula's first inhabitants 10,000 years ago, long before Spain's Pnce de Leon came ashore in 1513. Written to observe the sesquicentennial of statehood, The New History of Florida undoubtedly will become the standard reference on Florida for the next quarter century." Boca Raton News

 "a first-rate history of the state" Fort Pierce Tribune

 "The 1971 publication of Charlton W. Tebeau's A History of Florida was a landmark in the writing of Florida History" "The Standard Text for the Next quarter century is The New History of Florida." "This book will become the textbook for every college Florida History class, but it also merits a wide readership among the general population of the state." Florida Historical Quarterly

 "This splendid work is a much-needed, up-to-date history of the Sunshine State. . . . The greatest success of the book, however, is in capturing the pluralistic heritage and cultural mosaic of Florida's past. Chapters dealing with Native American history, slaves and free blacks, urbanization, and immigration and ethnicity testify to this work's triumph as social history of the first order. "The New History of Florida supplants Chartlon W. Tebeau's dated A History of Florida (Coral Gables, 1971) as well as Gannon's all-too-brief Florida: A Short History (Gainesville, 1993) as the standard work on the subject. For anyone interested in Florida history, this book will remain indispensable for years to come." Alabama Review

 "Will be the new standard history for the state." "A highly readable, thought-provoking study that should be in all classrooms and generally appreciated by adult history readers as well. . . . a welcome addition to the undersanding of the Land of Flowers from Spain to Spaceport and beyond." -- Gulf Coast Historical Review Gulf Coast Historical Review

 "A welcome addition to the understanding of the Land of Flowers, from Spain to Spaceport and beyond." Pensacola News Journal

 "A major new history of Florida." Miami Herald

 "Incorporates much of the new scholarship that has appeared over the last twenty or so years, much of the best of it exploring the lives of African-Americans, Indians, and Florida's common white folk. . . . For those interested in seeking out the multifaceted aspects of their native or adopted state, this is the place to start." Tampa Tribune

 "Florida is as much a state of mind as it is a slice of land between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. . . . Florida could beome a place of civic texture if we understand its past. Professor Gannon's book is a good place to begin." St. Petersburg Times

 "A jewel, a readable narrative of Florida's history." Tallahassee

 "The reading is as interesting as it is informative." Naples Daily News


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