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Brief Guide to Florida's Monuments and Memorials
Roberta Sandler
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Description for Brief Guide to Florida's Monuments and Memorials
Paperback. A guide to Florida's monuments and memorials that recommends stops and covers five centuries of state history. It includes descriptions that chronicle the sometimes hidden stories behind the markers, including the person or the event honored as well as the process of erecting the monument or memorial. Num Pages: 280 pages, 90 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Florida is dotted with a wide array of public monuments, statues, and memorials that commemorate significant moments in regional and national history. Many of these honor people, places, or events that are well known, while others celebrate the obscure or nearly forgotten.In ""A Brief Guide to Florida's Monuments and Memorials"", award-winning travel writer Roberta Sandler presents a key to more than eighty of the most intriguing sites the states has to offer. Organized geographically, the book recommends stops throughout Florida and covers a full five centuries of state history. In-depth descriptions carefully chronicle the sometimes hidden stories behind the markers, ... Read more
Florida is dotted with a wide array of public monuments, statues, and memorials that commemorate significant moments in regional and national history. Many of these honor people, places, or events that are well known, while others celebrate the obscure or nearly forgotten.In ""A Brief Guide to Florida's Monuments and Memorials"", award-winning travel writer Roberta Sandler presents a key to more than eighty of the most intriguing sites the states has to offer. Organized geographically, the book recommends stops throughout Florida and covers a full five centuries of state history. In-depth descriptions carefully chronicle the sometimes hidden stories behind the markers, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Florida, United States
ISBN
9780813032580
SKU
V9780813032580
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99-30
About Roberta Sandler
Roberta Sandler is an award-winning writer whose work has appeared in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Miami Herald, Baltimore Sun, Philadelphia Inquirer, and the San Diego Union-Tribune. She is the author of Guide to Florida Historical Walking Tours.
Reviews for Brief Guide to Florida's Monuments and Memorials
A good book that tells you the story behind the monuments, memorials, and statues wherever you go in Florida - Stuart McIver, author of Death in the Everglades ""Will give readers and users a deeper appreciation for the rich history of the sunshine state"" - Paul S. George, author of Little Havana