“An interesting collection of sites and stories related to North Florida. This book offers a solution to a common feeling among travelers: that the interstates are too congested, the traffic too fast, and the sites of interest full of too much monotony.”—Keith Simmons, executive director, Florida Book Awards “This book takes us down North Florida’s backroads … Continue reading Cultural Sites of North Florida
Queering the Redneck Riviera
“A fascinating look at queer life in the Florida Panhandle. A welcome addition to the scholarship on the queer past, queer geography, and Florida history.”—Stacy Braukman, author of Communists and Perverts under the Palms: The Johns Committee in Florida, 1956–1965 “Watkins shows that the queer culture that emerged on Florida’s ‘Redneck Riviera’ was unique—a fierce … Continue reading Queering the Redneck Riviera
Too True for Hollywood
If it were a Hollywood movie, it'd be unbelievable: African-born princess captured, survives middle passage, sold into slavery in Florida, falls in love with plantation owner, inherits plantation and becomes slave owner. Paperback edition just arrived in the warehouse!
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