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CitrusLAND: Curse of Florida's Paradise: Second Edition
SECOND EDITION: Farming Citrus and developing Central Florida's wilderness LAND were two constants defining a mysterious 19th Century CitrusLAND. The earliest settlers arrived in 1842, and immediately planted the first commercial orange grove. But despite promised wealth in a land of health and sunshine, by 1870, onlly 584 families were calling this 3,000 square mile territory their home. CitrusLAND is more than history, for this is the story of people, men and women, brave pioneers who took on the challenge of their lives, a challenge that often cost them their lives. 37 Exhibits, and a bibliography of over 700 references, assists in the telling of this fascinating story - the first days of Central Florida.
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CitrusLAND: Curse of Florida's Paradise: Second Edition
SECOND EDITION: Farming Citrus and developing Central Florida's wilderness LAND were two constants defining a mysterious 19th Century CitrusLAND. The earliest settlers arrived in 1842, and immediately planted the first commercial orange grove. But despite promised wealth in a land of health and sunshine, by 1870, onlly 584 families were calling this 3,000 square mile territory their home. CitrusLAND is more than history, for this is the story of people, men and women, brave pioneers who took on the challenge of their lives, a challenge that often cost them their lives. 37 Exhibits, and a bibliography of over 700 references, assists in the telling of this fascinating story - the first days of Central Florida.
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CitrusLAND: Curse of Florida's Paradise: Second Edition

CitrusLAND: Curse of Florida's Paradise: Second Edition

by Richard Lee Cronin
CitrusLAND: Curse of Florida's Paradise: Second Edition

CitrusLAND: Curse of Florida's Paradise: Second Edition

by Richard Lee Cronin

Overview

SECOND EDITION: Farming Citrus and developing Central Florida's wilderness LAND were two constants defining a mysterious 19th Century CitrusLAND. The earliest settlers arrived in 1842, and immediately planted the first commercial orange grove. But despite promised wealth in a land of health and sunshine, by 1870, onlly 584 families were calling this 3,000 square mile territory their home. CitrusLAND is more than history, for this is the story of people, men and women, brave pioneers who took on the challenge of their lives, a challenge that often cost them their lives. 37 Exhibits, and a bibliography of over 700 references, assists in the telling of this fascinating story - the first days of Central Florida.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781530282555
Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date: 02/27/2016
Series: Citrusland , #1
Pages: 190
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

A Florida resident since 1972, I have always been fascinated by the mystery of the origins of Central Florida. Pieces of history have been preserved, but yet there seems to be more mystery than history about this region's past.
Retirement allowed me time to research, as well as to fulfill a life-long desire to write. I love American history, particularly 19th Century, and challenge myself, as a writer, to not merely tell of people or events, but to expose as well the mindset of those individuals, the bravest of the brave, so we can better understand why each event occurred.
Since release of my first book in 2013, I have published 5 books - each on the subject of 19th Century Central Florida.
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