"Seldom-told tales of the 'lively and unusual cast of historic figures' who helped shape the Florida Keys from the 1820s through the 1960s."—
Keys News
The Florida Keys have witnessed all kinds of historical events, from the dramatic and the outrageous to the tragic and the comic. In the nineteenth century, uncompromising individuals fought duels and plotted political upsets. During the Civil War, a company of "Key West Avengers" escaped their Union-occupied city to join the Confederacy by sailing through the Bahamas. In the early twentieth century, black Bahamians founded a town of their own, while railway engineers went up against the U.S. Navy in a bid to complete the Overseas Railroad. When Prohibition came to the Keys, one defiant woman established a rum-running empire that dominated South Florida.
Join Laura Albritton and Jerry Wilkinson as they delve into tales of treasure hunters, developers, exotic dancers, determined preservationists and more, from the colorful history of these islands.
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- 179 pages
- English
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Hidden History of the Florida Keys
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. Pistols at Dawn
- 2. The Rise and Fall of Richard Fitzpatrick
- 3. Confederate Conchs Enlist
- 4. A Town of Their Own
- 5. The Great Key West Extension Scare
- 6. Rumrunners and Speakeasies
- 7. Swells Descend on the Upper Keys
- 8. The Other Treasure Hunters
- 9. Exotics in the Tropics
- 10. Saving History
- Notes
- Bibliography
- About the Authors
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