Florida history trumps the simple narrative of a beach read. St. Augustine’s story doesn’t begin with sixteenth-century Spaniards and
Miami history didn’t begin unfolding with Henry Flagler and his
railroad. Natives began arriving in the Sunshine State during the last ice age, millennia before snowbirds began migrating down to
Mount Dora. From the legend of
Hogzilla to the first slice of
key lime pie, from
Pensacola down to
Key West, our catalogue of
Florida history books teems with fascinating tales and
innovative characters who saw swamp and envisioned paradise.