Author: Judge Ellis Connell May
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1787208338
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 409
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A young man on the eve of his departure for Florida in the 1880’s would be met with something like the following from his elders: “Well, ye prob’ly won’t git back. Them there bad men’ll kill ye, er the ‘gators’ll eat ye, er the skeeters’ll give ye malary an’ that’ll kill ye.” Undaunted, and lured by the vast realm of unexplored territory to the south of him, Ellis Connel May struck out with the same resolve that had prompted his forefathers to pioneer the West a century before. He was twenty-four years old when he first arrived in Citrus County, there to begin a career which took him in successive stages from work as a common laborer to the legal profession, culminating finally in his election to the Florida House of Representatives. All the courage, the humor and the romance of pioneer days come to life in these tales. They are told with a vividness of detail and a warm gusto that carries the reader along. For every American who would know the glory of our country’s heritage, here is a flavorful slice of authentic American folklore. “Most interesting. One who has spent so many years in public life...will have many interesting incidents to relate and colorful situations to describe. Such books have always invited the interest and attention of a wide circle of readers.”—R. A. GRAY, Secretary of State, Tallahassee, Florida “Judge May is a respected patriarch of his profession and a dean of Florida judiciary. I can think of no one better qualified to draw on the richness of his personal experience in relating recollections of a pioneer judge...An interesting contribution to this field of literature.”—JACK F. WHITE, County Judge, Pinellas County, Clearwater, Florida “It is most gratifying to me and to thousands of others that Judge Ellis C. May has written this book....This volume may be read from the standpoint of history, sociology and genealogy.”—GEORGE A. DAME, M.D., Director, Florida State Board of Health
Author: Ellis Connell May
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN: 9781258172084
Category : Citrus County (Fla.)
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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Author: Ashton Hester
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1796012211
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 116
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This book contains a collection of stories about various events in Inverness during the period of 1945–1960, which the author hopes will bring back memories for some old-timers and provide some insight about the way things used to be for younger people. Some of the stories include getting lost on Gospel Island at the age of three, taking a tour of the town and visiting various stores circa 1950, Little League baseball coming to Inverness in 1952, movie star Forrest Tucker attending a movie at the Valerie Theater while making the movie Crosswinds, the exciting 1952 race for Citrus County Sheriff, a human fly coming to town and climbing the courthouse, and Citrus High School sports highlights from 1954 to 1960.
Author: Paul Ortiz
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520250036
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 432
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"Paul Ortiz's lyrical and closely argued study introduces us to unknown generations of freedom fighters for whom organizing democratically became in every sense a way of life. Ortiz changes the very ways we think of Southern history as he shows in marvelous detail how Black Floridians came together to defend themselves in the face of terror, to bury their dead, to challenge Jim Crow, to vote, and to dream."—David R. Roediger, author of Colored White: Transcending the Racial Past “Emancipation Betrayed is a remarkable piece of work, a tightly argued, meticulously researched examination of the first statewide movement by African Americans for civil rights, a movement which since has been effectively erased from our collective memory. The book poses a profound challenge to our understanding of the limits and possibilities of African American resistance in the early twentieth century. This analysis of how a politically and economically marginalized community nurtures the capacity for struggle speaks as much to our time as to 1919.”—Charles Payne, author of I’ve Got the Light of Freedom
Author: Arnold Stephens
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 141166566X
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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over 200 pages and 87 photographs. A history of the land along the river from the Gulf, through Levy and into Marion County from appearance of first Europeans until about WWII. Comunitites, now ghost towns, are discussed along with the early pioneers like Hodges, Robinson, Stephens, Vogt, Inglis and Chambers.
Author: Ventura County Historical Society
Publisher:
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Category : Ventura County (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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Author: J. Lester Dinkins
Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 888
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Includes Part 1, Number 1: Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals (January - June)
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Category : Florida
Languages : en
Pages : 528
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