Reviews

Author: 
Robert W. Croft
Reviewer: 
Robert Cassanello

Cassanello on Croft, 'Zora Neale Hurston Companion'

Robert W. Croft. Zora Neale Hurston Companion. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2002. 288 pp. $74.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-313-30707-2.

Reviewed by Robert Cassanello (Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Miles College) Published on H-Florida (June, 2003)

A Zora Neale Hurston Reference Guide

A Zora Neale Hurston Reference Guide

Author: 
Roy Peter Clark, Raymond Arsenault, eds.
Reviewer: 
Benjamin Houston

Houston on Clark and Arsenault, 'The Changing South of Gene Patterson: Journalism and Civil Rights, 1960-1968'

Roy Peter Clark, Raymond Arsenault, eds. The Changing South of Gene Patterson: Journalism and Civil Rights, 1960-1968. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2002. 305 pp. $24.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8130-2574-2.

Reviewed by Benjamin Houston (University of Florida) Published on H-Florida (June, 2003)

The Moderate Crusade: Gene Patterson and Civil Rights America

Author: 
John T. Foster, Jr., Sarah Whitmer Foster
Reviewer: 
Steven G. Noll

Noll on Foster and Jr. and Foster, 'Beechers, Stowes, and Yankee Strangers: The Transformation of Florida'

John T. Foster, Jr., Sarah Whitmer Foster. Beechers, Stowes, and Yankee Strangers: The Transformation of Florida. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1999. xxii + 158 pp. $24.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8130-1646-7.

Reviewed by Steven G. Noll (Department of History, University of Florida) Published on H-Florida (May, 2003)

Aunt Harriet's Plantation

Aunt Harriet's Plantation

Author: 
Ann Hyman, Ron Masucci
Reviewer: 
Philip Smith

Smith on Hyman and Masucci, 'Jacksonville Greets the Twentieth Century: The Pictorial Legacy of Leah Mary Cox'

Ann Hyman, Ron Masucci. Jacksonville Greets the Twentieth Century: The Pictorial Legacy of Leah Mary Cox. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2002. xix + 125 pp. $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8130-2548-3.

Reviewed by Philip Smith (Department of History, Texas A&M University) Published on H-Florida (May, 2003)

Jacksonville in Black and White

Author: 
Jack E. Davis, ed.
Reviewer: 
Monty Buell

Buell on Davis, 'The Wide Brim: Early Poems and Ponderings of Marjory Stoneman Douglas'

Jack E. Davis, ed. The Wide Brim: Early Poems and Ponderings of Marjory Stoneman Douglas. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2002. vii + 256 pp. $24.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8130-2458-5.

Reviewed by Monty Buell (Department of History and Philosophy, Walla Walla College) Published on H-Florida (April, 2003)

Author: 
Susan D. Greenbaum
Reviewer: 
Susan Marie Green

Green on Greenbaum, 'More Than Black: Afro-Cubans in Tampa'

Susan D. Greenbaum. More Than Black: Afro-Cubans in Tampa. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2002. xiii + 384. $55.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8130-2466-0.

Reviewed by Susan Marie Green (Department of History, California State University Chico) Published on H-Florida (April, 2003)

More Than Black Is More Than Good

Author: 
Thomas Bender, ed.
Reviewer: 
Robert Cassanello

Cassanello on Amato, 'Rethinking Home: A Case for Writing Local History' and Bender, 'Rethinking American History in a Global Age'

Joseph Anthony Amato. Rethinking Home: A Case for Writing Local History. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002. xvi + 245 pp. $55.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-520-22772-9; $19.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-520-23293-8.Thomas Bender, ed. Rethinking American History in a Global Age. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002. ix + 427 pp.

Author: 
Gordon Harvey
Reviewer: 
Sarah H. Brown

Brown on Harvey, 'A Question of Justice: New South Governors and Education'

Gordon Harvey. A Question of Justice: New South Governors and Education. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2002. viii + 229 pp. $34.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8173-1157-5.

Reviewed by Sarah H. Brown (Department of History, Florida Atlantic University, MacArthur Campus) Published on H-Florida (March, 2003)

A Question of the Zeitgeist, at Long Last

Author: 
Vivien M. L. Miller
Reviewer: 
Steven G. Noll

Noll on Miller, 'Crime, Sexual Violence, and Clemency: Florida's Pardon Board and Penal System in the Progressive Era'

Vivien M. L. Miller. Crime, Sexual Violence, and Clemency: Florida's Pardon Board and Penal System in the Progressive Era. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2000. xiv + 366 pp. $49.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8130-1808-9.

Reviewed by Steven G. Noll (Department of History, University of Florida) Published on H-Florida (January, 2003)

Lawyers, Guns, and Money

Lawyers, Guns, and Money

Author: 
John H. Hann, Bonnie G. McEwan
Reviewer: 
Shane Runyon

Runyon on Hann and McEwan, 'The Apalachee Indians and Mission San Luis'

John H. Hann, Bonnie G. McEwan. The Apalachee Indians and Mission San Luis. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1998. 193 pp. $19.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8130-1565-1; $59.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8130-1564-4.

Reviewed by Shane Runyon (Department of History, University of Florida) Published on H-Florida (December, 2002)

The Dilemma of the Apalachee

Author: 
Nancy A. Hewitt
Reviewer: 
Melanie R. Shell-Weiss

Shell-Weiss on Hewitt, 'Southern Discomfort: Women's Activism in Tampa, Florida, 1880s-1920s'

Nancy A. Hewitt. Southern Discomfort: Women's Activism in Tampa, Florida, 1880s-1920s. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2001. ix + 345 pp. $40.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-252-02682-9; $20.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-252-07191-1.

Reviewed by Melanie R. Shell-Weiss (Department of History, Michigan State University) Published on H-Florida (November, 2002)

Author: 
Elsbeth K. Gordon
Reviewer: 
Astrid Whidden

Whidden on Gordon, 'Florida's Colonial Architectural Heritage'

Elsbeth K. Gordon. Florida's Colonial Architectural Heritage. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2002. 352 pp. $39.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8130-2463-9.

Reviewed by Astrid Whidden (Department of History, Florida International University) Published on H-Florida (November, 2002)

Florida's Architectural Contribution

Florida's Architectural Contribution

Author: 
Alan K. Craig
Reviewer: 
William R. Day

Day on Craig, 'Spanish Colonial Silver Coins in the Florida Collection' and Craig, 'Spanish Colonial Gold Coins in the Florida Collection'

Alan K. Craig. Spanish Colonial Silver Coins in the Florida Collection. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2000. xxv + 217 pp. $49.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8130-1748-8.Alan K. Craig. Spanish Colonial Gold Coins in the Florida Collection. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2000. xiv + 94 pp. $49.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8130-1802-7.

Author: 
Robin F.A. Fabel
Reviewer: 
David A. Sicko

Sicko on Fabel, 'Colonial Challenges: Britons, Native Americans, and Caribs, 1759-1775'

Robin F.A. Fabel. Colonial Challenges: Britons, Native Americans, and Caribs, 1759-1775. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2000. x + 282 pp. $55.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8130-1798-3.

Reviewed by David A. Sicko (Department of History, Mississippi State University at Meridian) Published on H-Florida (October, 2002)

Author: 
Larry E. Rivers, Canter Brown Jr.
Reviewer: 
Charles Ferris

Ferris on Rivers and Jr., 'Laborers in the Vineyard of the Lord: The Beginnings of the AME Church in Florida, 1865-1895'

Larry E. Rivers, Canter Brown Jr. Laborers in the Vineyard of the Lord: The Beginnings of the AME Church in Florida, 1865-1895. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2001. x + 244 pp. $34.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8130-1890-4.

Reviewed by Charles Ferris (Department of History, University of Memphis) Published on H-Florida (October, 2002)

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