University Press of Florida 2017 Holiday Catalog

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More History

“Time was ripe for a boom of scientific discovery

“An invigorating account of Florida women, from pre-Columbian times to the present.”—Florida Times-Union

The Seminole Wars America’s Longest Indian Conflict John Missall and Mary Lou Missall

They Dared to Dream

Paperback $19.95 $15.00

Florida Women Who Shaped History

“Covers the events, issues and costs of all three Indian wars fought during the country’s first aggressive territorial expansion.”—Publishers Weekly

Doris Weatherford with the Florida Commission on the Status of Women Foundation, Inc. Hardcover $36.95 $26.00

Voices of Civil Rights Lawyers Reflections from the Deep South, 1964–1980 Edited by Kent Spriggs Hardcover $45.00 $30.00

“Fascinating. . . . The kind of book you can open anywhere, maybe thumb back or forth a few pages, and settle into a good story.”—USA Today

Making Modern Florida How the Spirit of Reform Shaped a New State Constitution Mary E. Adkins Hardcover $29.95 $22.00

“Portrays a major turning point in the development of modern Florida.” —Talbot D’Alemberte, former president of the American Bar Association

Fifty Years of Justice A History of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Unconquered People Florida’s Seminole and Miccosukee Indians Brent Richards Weisman Paperback $19.95 $14.00

“A Florida classic. . . . This is the best book-length account of the culture and history of the Seminole people.”—William C. Sturtevant, Smithsonian Institution

Thunder on the River The Civil War in Northeast Florida Daniel L. Schafer Paperback $19.95 $15.00

“Solidly researched and thorough in its presentation of the region’s wartime military, social, and political history, Thunder on the River is the most impressive book published about the Civil War in Florida in recent memory.” —Civil War Books and Authors

James M. Denham

Recalling Deeds Immortal

Hardcover $20.00 $18.00

Florida Monuments to the Civil War

Inside one of the busiest federal courts in the nation.

William B. Lees and Frederick P. Gaske Hardcover $29.95 $22.00

“A treasure trove of information.”—Civil War Book Review “A comprehensive social history of the memorialization of [Florida soldiers] from Reconstruction to the present, tracing the efforts of various organizations to control the messages conveyed by these bronze and stone markers.”—Civil War Books and Authors

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