Interview with Sylvia Ellis author of Freedom’s Pragmatist: Lyndon Johnson and Civil Rights Available now, Freedom's Pragmatist: Lyndon Johnson and Civil Rights is an eye-opening study of the southern president who came to be a seminal figure of the civil rights movement. University Press of Florida (UPF): When did you know that you wanted to write this … Continue reading LBJ – The Right Man, in the Right Place, at the Right Time
Award Winners!
Congratulations to Michele Wehrwein Albion, author of The Quotable Henry Ford and winner of the 2013 Henry Ford Heritage Association Book Award! The award is given to those who exemplify the HFHA mission statement: "To foster interest in the life and accomplishments of Henry Ford, and to preserve and interpret the landmarks associated with his … Continue reading Award Winners!
UPF on YouTube
UPF is on YouTube! Here's our channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/UnivPressofFlorida Visit now to watch videos from the La Florida Symposium, a Quincentennial event featuring distinguished speakers such as Dr. Michael Gannon, on Florida culture and history. You also won't want to miss the lovely video of author Carolyn Merritt's launch party for Tango Nuevo (hint: there's dancing)!
Florida’s Fountain of Youth: Magic, Myth, and Endangered Springs
Finding the Fountain of Youth: Ponce de León and Florida's Magical Watersby Rick KilbyAVAILABLE NOWA visual treasure trove of vintage postcards, photographs, and advertisements, this book vividly illustrates how deeply interwoven the mythical Fountain of Youth is in Florida's cultural identity. More than conquistador Ponce de León's fabled quest for rejuvenating waters or a kitschy attempt … Continue reading Florida’s Fountain of Youth: Magic, Myth, and Endangered Springs
The Fight for Equality in Shared Spaces
To Render Invisible: Jim Crow and Public Life in New South Jacksonville By Robert Cassanello Available Now Today’s "Occupy" movement churned up some important questions about who gets to use urban public spaces. But in fact, the same issues have haunted U.S. cities for over a hundred years. To Render Invisible takes us back to nineteenth-century … Continue reading The Fight for Equality in Shared Spaces
From America’s Tropical Wonderland to Legoland
According to a report in today's Orlando Sentinel, the site Cypress Gardens, the original Florida theme park will soon become the latest Legoland theme park, set to open in the fall of 2011. Meanwhile, we here at The Florida Current are planning for the much-anticipated arrival of Lu Vickers's beautiful, kitchy new history of the … Continue reading From America’s Tropical Wonderland to Legoland
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