Florida Governors - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Florida Governors write by Robert Buccellato. This book was released on 2015-02-02. Florida Governors available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The state of Florida has a unique place in the annals of national history and has been a constant contributor to the country's identity. The 51 men who have served as the state's governors are an essential part of its complex identity and have produced resonant material for historians of all ages. They have been farmers, generals, boat captains, restaurant owners, presidents, and sons of presidents. They have been given the office by both popular mandate and the happenstance of fate. These individuals have represented virtually every category of what it means to be a Floridian. Their lasting legacies can be felt every day by the state's citizens. Since the drainage of the Everglades and the transformation of swamplands into beachfront paradises, Florida has lured Americans from various states to its sunny shores. It has seceded from the Union, determined the final verdict in many presidential elections, was the site of railroad monopolies, developed into a playground of the rich, and is the birthplace of a new kind of theme park--all while being led by these distinct individuals who, at their core, were Floridians first.
Florida Governors: Lasting Legacies
Florida Governors: Lasting Legacies - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Florida Governors: Lasting Legacies write by Robert Buccellato. This book was released on 2015. Florida Governors: Lasting Legacies available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The state of Florida has a unique place in the annals of national history and has been a constant contributor to the country's identity. The 51 men who have served as the state's governors are an essential part of its complex identity and have produced resonant material for historians of all ages. They have been farmers, generals, boat captains, restaurant owners, presidents, and sons of presidents. They have been given the office by both popular mandate and the happenstance of fate. These individuals have represented virtually every category of what it means to be a Floridian. Their lasting legacies can be felt every day by the state's citizens. Since the drainage of the Everglades and the transformation of swamplands into beachfront paradises, Florida has lured Americans from various states to its sunny shores. It has seceded from the Union, determined the final verdict in many presidential elections, was the site of railroad monopolies, developed into a playground of the rich, and is the birthplace of a new kind of theme park--all while being led by these distinct individuals who, at their core, were Floridians first.
Finding Dan Mccarty
Finding Dan Mccarty - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Finding Dan Mccarty write by Robert Buccellato. This book was released on 2016-04-27. Finding Dan Mccarty available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A thin layer of glass separated him from the crowd; the endless stream of people walking past his open casket, glancing down at his lifeless face. His body lay resting inches from the main rotunda stairway where just a handful of years earlier he could be seen running up in a mix of energy and youthful vigor that would make him Florida's youngest speaker and Governor. South Florida's first Governor, a progressive who was also a realist, McCarty was now stricken by a heart attack. His policies now at the hands of his nemesis, the arch conservative Senate President Charley Johns. But fate and happenstance stepped in and allowed his state to flourish none the less. Finding Dan McCarty is a story about two very different men on similar journeys of personal and professional discovery. On the one hand is an Historian reaching out to the last members of this distant moment in Florida's history to understand the life of a deceased politician, long hidden under a cloak of mystery. The other is a fallen Governor, who left behind in his wake a lasting legacy of achievement. A story which paints vivid portraits of McCarty's many enemies, allies, and the historic events that formed the Governor's thrilling brief life. Written by Robert Buccellato author of the acclaimed "Jimmy Carter in Plains."
Legacy of Leadership
Legacy of Leadership - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Legacy of Leadership write by Patricia Lasche Clements. This book was released on 2005-01-01. Legacy of Leadership available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Presidential Vacations in Florida
Presidential Vacations in Florida - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Presidential Vacations in Florida write by Robert Buccellato. This book was released on 2021-02-01. Presidential Vacations in Florida available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Abe Lincoln did not split rails in Tampa, and George Washington's cherry tree might not have been cut in Miami-Dade, but in Key West, the famous Harry S. Truman sign--"The Buck Stops Here"--still resides on the former president's Florida White House desk. A few hours north is the Kennedy bunker, complete with the presidential seal painted on the concrete floor just in case the Soviets started a nuclear war while Kennedy was vacationing in Palm Beach. Florida may not have a presidential homestead, but it contains the Disney resort where an embattled Richard Nixon exclaimed "I am not a crook" and the fishing hole where Chester A. Arthur discovered that he would not live to see a second term. It is the place where presidents have come to escape and let down their guards. For generations, the Sunshine State has turned commanders in chief into relaxed tourists, allowing them to juggle the formal functions of the office while reconnecting with their private lives. Illustrated with rare and candid photographs, Presidential Vacations in Florida is a book for any lover of the American presidency.
