Reviews

Author: 
Andrew K. Frank
Reviewer: 
Joseph M. Hall

Hall on Frank, 'Creeks and Southerners: Biculturalism on the Early American Frontier'

Andrew K. Frank. Creeks and Southerners: Biculturalism on the Early American Frontier. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2005. xiii + 192 pp. $49.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8032-2016-4.

Reviewed by Joseph M. Hall (Department of History, Bates College) Published on H-Florida (December, 2005)

The Thickness of Blood

Author: 
Canter Brown, Jr.
Reviewer: 
Dave Nelson

Nelson on Brown, 'None Can Have Richer Memories: Polk County, Florida 1940-2000'

Canter Brown, Jr. None Can Have Richer Memories: Polk County, Florida 1940-2000. Tampa: University of Tampa Press, 2005. xii + 368 pp. $39.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-879852-36-5.

Reviewed by Dave Nelson (Department of History, Florida State University) Published on H-Florida (December, 2005)

The Heart of Florida

Author: 
Ben Green
Reviewer: 
Steven G. Noll

Noll on Green, 'Before His Time: The Untold Story of Harry T. Moore, America's First Civil Rights Martyr'

Ben Green. Before His Time: The Untold Story of Harry T. Moore, America's First Civil Rights Martyr. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2005. xii + 310 pp. $19.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8130-2837-8.

Reviewed by Steven G. Noll (Department of History, University of Florida) Published on H-Florida (December, 2005)

Florida, Civil Rights, and Historical Memory

Author: 
Gary Monroe
Reviewer: 
Robert L. Papy

Papy on Favis, 'Martin Johnson Heade in Florida' and Monroe, 'The Highwaymen: Florida's African-American Landscape Painters'

Roberta Smith Favis. Martin Johnson Heade in Florida. Gainsville: University Press of Florida, 2003. 184 pp. $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8130-2661-9.Gary Monroe. The Highwaymen: Florida's African-American Landscape Painters. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2001. 128 pp. $34.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8130-2281-9.

Author: 
Canter Jr.. Brown, Larry Eugene Rivers
Reviewer: 
Neil J. Young

Young on Brown and Rivers, 'For a Great and Grand Purpose: The Beginnings of the AMEZ Church in Florida, 1864-1905'

Canter Jr.. Brown, Larry Eugene Rivers. For a Great and Grand Purpose: The Beginnings of the AMEZ Church in Florida, 1864-1905. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2004. xvi + 252 pp. $34.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8130-2778-4.

Reviewed by Neil J. Young (Department of History, Columbia University) Published on H-Florida (August, 2005)

Building Zion in the Sunshine

Author: 
John H. Hann
Reviewer: 
John Scarry

Scarry on Hann, 'Indians of Central and South Florida, 1513-1763'

John H. Hann. Indians of Central and South Florida, 1513-1763. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2003. xiv + 249 pp. $39.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8130-2645-9.

Reviewed by John Scarry (Department of Anthropology, University of North Carolina) Published on H-Florida (July, 2005)

Author: 
Walter W. Manley, II, E. Canter Brown Jr., Eric W. Rise
Reviewer: 
Russell Fowler

Fowler on Manley and Jr. and Rise, 'The Supreme Court of Florida and Its Predecessor Courts, 1821-1917'

Walter W. Manley, II, E. Canter Brown Jr., Eric W. Rise. The Supreme Court of Florida and Its Predecessor Courts, 1821-1917. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1997. xvii + 454 pp. 95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8130-1540-8.

Reviewed by Russell Fowler (Department of Political Science, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga) Published on H-Florida (July, 2005)

Florida's Supreme Court: A Tribunal's Triumph

Author: 
Edward E. Baptist
Reviewer: 
Seth A. Weitz

Weitz on Baptist, 'Creating an Old South: Middle Florida's Plantation Frontier before the Civil War'

Edward E. Baptist. Creating an Old South: Middle Florida's Plantation Frontier before the Civil War. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2002. xiv + 408 pp. $25.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8078-5353-5; $70.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8078-2688-1.

Reviewed by Seth A. Weitz (Department of History, Florida State University) Published on H-Florida (July, 2005)

Author: 
Patrick W. McClane, Debra. A. McClane
Reviewer: 
Astrid Whidden

Whidden on McClane and McClane, 'The Architecture of James Gamble Rogers II in Winter Park, Florida'

Patrick W. McClane, Debra. A. McClane. The Architecture of James Gamble Rogers II in Winter Park, Florida. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2004. 200 pp. $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8130-2770-8.

Reviewed by Astrid Whidden (Department of Art, Palm Beach Community College) Published on H-Florida (July, 2005)

Author: 
Walter W. Manley, II, E. Canter Brown Jr., Eric W. Rise
Reviewer: 
Russell Fowler

Fowler on Manley and Jr. and Rise, 'The Supreme Court of Florida and Its Predecessor Courts, 1821-1917'

Walter W. Manley, II, E. Canter Brown Jr., Eric W. Rise. The Supreme Court of Florida and Its Predecessor Courts, 1821-1917. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1997. xvii + 454 pp. 95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8130-1540-8.

Reviewed by Russell Fowler (Department of Political Science, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga) Published on H-Florida (July, 2005)

Florida's Supreme Court: A Tribunal's Triumph

Author: 
John H. Hann
Reviewer: 
John Scarry

Scarry on Hann, 'Indians of Central and South Florida, 1513-1763'

John H. Hann. Indians of Central and South Florida, 1513-1763. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2003. xiv + 249 pp. $39.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8130-2645-9.

Reviewed by John Scarry (Department of Anthropology, University of North Carolina) Published on H-Florida (July, 2005)

Author: 
Dale L. Hutchinson
Reviewer: 
Mason W. Sheffield

Sheffield on Hutchinson, 'Bioarchaeology of the Florida Gulf Coast: Adaptation, Conflict, and Change'

Dale L. Hutchinson. Bioarchaeology of the Florida Gulf Coast: Adaptation, Conflict, and Change. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2004. xx + 237 pp. $59.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8130-2706-7.

Reviewed by Mason W. Sheffield (Archaeologist, New South Associates) Published on H-Florida (June, 2005)

Author: 
John Missall, Mary Lou Missall
Reviewer: 
Greg O'Brien

O'Brien on Missall and Missall, 'The Seminole Wars: America's Longest Indian Conflict'

John Missall, Mary Lou Missall. The Seminole Wars: America's Longest Indian Conflict. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2004. xxii + 255 pp. $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8130-2715-9.

Reviewed by Greg O'Brien (Department of History, University of Southern Mississippi) Published on H-Florida (May, 2005)

Seminole Wars or American Wars?

Author: 
Randy Sanders
Reviewer: 
Barclay Key

Key on Sanders, 'Mighty Peculiar Elections: The New South Gubernatorial Campaigns of 1970 and the Changing Politics of Race'

Randy Sanders. Mighty Peculiar Elections: The New South Gubernatorial Campaigns of 1970 and the Changing Politics of Race. Florida: University Press of Florida, 2002. xii + 218 pp. $55.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8130-2565-0.

Reviewed by Barclay Key (Department of History, University of Florida) Published on H-Florida (December, 2004)

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