Forgotten Florida - Thomasson, Clarissa
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Forgotten Florida tells the story of the Florida peninsula from the Adams-Onis Treaty in 1819 to the beginning of the Second Seminole War in 1835. The story is told from the perspective of well-documented men who took part in the development of the Gulf coastal areas from Pensacola to Key West and include Commodore David Porter, Colonel James Gadsden, Colonel George Brooke, Colonel Duncan Clinch, and Major Francis Dade as well as Captain William Bunce of the Aristocrat and Captain Fred Tresca of the Margaret Ann-both of whom sailed the Gulf coast from Key West to Pensacola and served to connect the various settlements.…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
Forgotten Florida tells the story of the Florida peninsula from the Adams-Onis Treaty in 1819 to the beginning of the Second Seminole War in 1835. The story is told from the perspective of well-documented men who took part in the development of the Gulf coastal areas from Pensacola to Key West and include Commodore David Porter, Colonel James Gadsden, Colonel George Brooke, Colonel Duncan Clinch, and Major Francis Dade as well as Captain William Bunce of the Aristocrat and Captain Fred Tresca of the Margaret Ann-both of whom sailed the Gulf coast from Key West to Pensacola and served to connect the various settlements.
Autorenporträt
Clarissa Thomasson is a native of Miami Florida. She received a BA in English Literature from Duke University and an MA in English from the University of Florida. Thomasson taught English, journalism, and creative writing in Montgomery County, MD, until her retirement. Her first two novels, Defending Hillsborough and Reconstructing Hillsborough were chosen by the North Carolina Association of Public-School Librarians for use in the high school study of the Civil War. Thomasson currently lives in Venice, Florida.