Author: Dusty Smith
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625843682
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 153
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Author and Haunted DeLand tour guide Dusty Smith recounts a century of ghostly history in the bustling historic community of DeLand, the Athens of Florida. Specters include those of Jeannette Barnhill, whose ghost drove her real estate mogul widower mad by standing behind him to keep a constant watch on his accounting books, and of the guest killed in the 1917 Putnam Hotel fire who leaves the smell of burnt wood and flesh in the air. Forlorn lovers Ruby and Joshua, a freed slave and a plantation foreman, and Suzanna Brown, who jumped to her death with unrequited love for a Stetson professor, are included, as well as the ghostly horse-drawn hearse that has been seen parked alongside what was once the Old Casket Company. From steamboat captains to Spiritualist camp residents, DeLands ghosts are sure to delight visitors and residents alike in this stirring account of the areas historic haunts.
Author: L. Thomas Roberts
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439644993
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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Nestled between the St. Johns River and the Atlantic Ocean, Deland, Florida has a history all its own. Perfect for fans of Florida history. When Henry A. DeLand sat down to plan a town in the summer of 1876, he envisioned a place that would become a religious, educational, business, and social center--the Athens of Florida. Deland made his dream a reality by investing his livelihood in the town that would be named for him. He donated the land for the first municipal building that doubled as a church and school and funded the school that would become Stetson University. Ever since, the city of DeLand has had an interesting and rich history. Much of this unique history has been captured and preserved in postcards published throughout the past hundred-plus years. Author L. Thomas "Tom" Roberts is a past president and historian of the year of the West Volusia Historical Society. The majority of the imagery used for this book comes courtesy of Jim Cara, owner of the most complete collection of DeLand postcards in existence.
Author: Ruth Maxa Filer
Publisher: BalboaPress
ISBN: 1452591180
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 500
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A hundred years ago, Margaret Deland was a top American author on par with Mark Twain, William Dean Howells, or Thomas Hardy. She rubbed elbows with presidents and became a prominent member of Boston Society. But she is also a study in contradictions and almost unknown today. This Civil War era orphan raised by old school Presbyterians became an independent, self-made woman during Victorian times. She captures the struggles of nineteenth century women in her novels; she took unwed mothers into her home but declined to join the suffragette movement. Her literary success did not deter her from assisting soldiers in Europe during World War I or mingling with persons of very diverse backgrounds and faiths. But beneath an interesting life and career is a deep study and questioning of beliefs. A quest for objective confirmation of an afterlifeespecially after the death of her beloved husband Lorinled her into contact with mediums, psychical research and spiritualism. This in-depth and very personal biography reveals how relevant Margarets life, work, and ultimate insights are to our own.
Author: William Richard Cutter
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Category : New England
Languages : en
Pages : 742
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Author: John B. Stetson University
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Category : Universities and colleges
Languages : en
Pages : 492
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Author: Lincoln College (Lincoln, Ill.)
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Category : Universities and colleges
Languages : en
Pages : 636
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Languages : en
Pages : 194
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Author: Diana C. Reep
Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA
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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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Author: Canadian national live stock records office
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Category : Sheep
Languages : en
Pages : 856
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Author: M. Maitland DeLand
Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group
ISBN: 1608320278
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Follows a superhero figure (the Great Katie Kate) as she explains to a young girl what's happening after she's diagnosed with cancer.
