Tracing Florida Journeys

“Read Tracing Florida Journeys while outdoors steeped in natural light and birdsong, privy to chatter and scurries secreted in green growing things. Like your surroundings, and the nature travelers Leslie Poole writes about, the book awakens a sense of wonder. The true provenance of that wonder is natural Florida, elements of which we can appreciate today, as … Continue reading Tracing Florida Journeys

This Day in Florida History

Short takes on five centuries of history “Takes readers on a 365-day virtual tour through Florida’s 500-year history, from the first documented encounters of Indigenous peoples and Spanish colonial explorer-conquistadors through the Space Age and beyond. Expertly researched and written by professional historians, each entry reconstructs a key moment from Florida’s famously weird, frequently tumultuous … Continue reading This Day in Florida History