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Author : Walter C. Maloney
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book A Sketch of the History of Key West written by Walter C. Maloney and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Walter C. Maloney
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 85 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)
Download or read book A Sketch of the History of Key West, Florida written by Walter C. Maloney and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Walter C. Maloney
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ISBN 13 : 9780243722365
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (223 download)
Download or read book Sketch of the History of Key West, Florida written by Walter C. Maloney and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Walter C. Maloney
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781331408901
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (89 download)
Download or read book A Sketch of the History of Key West, Florida written by Walter C. Maloney and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-14 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Sketch of the History of Key West, Florida: An Address Delivered at the Dedication of the New City Hall, July 4, 1876, at the Request of the Common Council of the City Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen of the City Council: It is scarcely more than two weeks since I had the honor of being informed that, it was the pleasure of your Honorable body to have me deliver the address on this occasion; in compliance with the Proclamation of the President of the United States, issued in pursuance of a Resolution of Congress recommending that, the commemorative exercises of the day should be of a historical character. The shortness of the time, advanced age, impaired eyesight, to an extent which has seriously interfered for more than two years with my professional business, and more than all else, an unfeigned distrust of my ability to interest or instruct an audience, whose critical acumen and literary taste might lead them to expect much more than it is in my power to submit, might well lead me to hesitate about assuming the task. Indeed, gentlemen, I see before me now scores of citizens better qualified for the task, the advantage on my side lying only in a longer residence in your city than many others. But the invitation was in my view a work of distinction which no citizen, thus highly honored, could with propriety treat with indifference or neglect, and therefore I appear before you, prepared to discharge the duty assigned to me to the best of my ability. "Passant quia passe videntur." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Jefferson B. Browne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780813029610
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (296 download)
Download or read book Key West written by Jefferson B. Browne and published by . This book was released on 1973-01-31 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was originally published in 1912 and has been reissued as a facsimile reproduction in the Bicentennial Floridiana Facsimile Series. The authors intent was to bring Key West history up to date since the publication of Walter C. Malloney's A Sketch of the History of Key West, Florida was published 35 years prior.
Author : Walter C. Maloney
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3368724118
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (687 download)
Download or read book A Sketch of the History of Key West, Florida written by Walter C. Maloney and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-03-13 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.
Author : Laura Albritton & Jerry Wilkinson
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467138916
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)
Download or read book Hidden History of the Florida Keys written by Laura Albritton & Jerry Wilkinson and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2018 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Florida Keys have witnessed all kinds of historical events, from the dramatic and the outrageous to the tragic and the comic. Join the authors as they delve into tales of treasure hunters, developers, exotic dancers, determined preservationists and more from the colorful history of the Florida Keys.
Author : Walter C. Maloney
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781015668935
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (689 download)
Download or read book A Sketch of the History of Key West written by Walter C. Maloney and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Jefferson Beale Browne
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Key West written by Jefferson Beale Browne and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mike Pride
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1683340949
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (833 download)
Download or read book Storm Over Key West written by Mike Pride and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A few weeks after the Emancipation Proclamation took effect, James Montgomery sailed into Key West Harbor looking for black men to draft into the Union army. Eager to oblige him, the military commander in town ordered every black man from fifteen to fifty to report to the courthouse, “there to undergo a medical examination, preparatory to embarking for Hilton Head, S.C.” Montgomery swept away 126 men. Storm over Key West is a little-known story woven of many threads, but its main theme is the denial to black people of the equality central to the American ideal. After the island’s slaves flocked to freedom during the summer of 1862, the white majority began a century-long campaign to deny black residents civil rights, education, literacy, respect, and the vote. Key West’s harbor and two major federal forts were often referred to as “America’s Gibraltar.” This Gibraltar guarded the Florida Straits between Key West and Cuba and thus access to the Gulf of Mexico. When Union forces seized it before the war, the southernmost point of the Confederacy slipped out of Confederate hands. This led to a naval blockade based in Key West that devastated commerce in Florida and beyond.This book is the widest-ranging narrative history to date of the military bastion in the Florida Keys.
Author : Marcus Varner
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1458350932
Total Pages : 89 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (583 download)
Download or read book True Secrets of Key West Revealed! written by Marcus Varner and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Key West is a tropical island at the end of the Florida Keys. Quiet, quaint and completely bizarre. The authors of True Secrets of Key West Revealed! went to great lengths to research the hidden truths about this island paradise. In a lively question and answer format you will learn what restaurant has a graveyard in it, what has protected Key West from hurricanes since 1918 and about the crazy count who lived and slept with his dead "wife's" body...for seven years! Indexed for easy reference. You won't find a funnier or more accurate place for information about the odder side of Key West.
Author : J Wills Burke
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1561646431
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (616 download)
Download or read book The Streets of Key West written by J Wills Burke and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-10-17 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simonton, Duval, Eaton, Whitehead, Southard, Truman—if you discover how these Key West streets, and all the others, came by their names, you will know much of the history of this little island at the nethermost end of the continental United States. You will learn of the rise and fall and rise again of the fortunes of this island town, which has played such a rich role in the history of the country as a whole. The author starts each section with an engaging history of the person for whom the street is named. Then he takes us along the street, pointing out the buildings and sites of historic interest along the way. This method builds and reinforces our grasp of Key West's history as the island is crisscrossed with sites that evoke nearly every aspect of its past. What emerges is a unique and quirky history of Key West, as well as a fascinating guide to wandering its streets, boulevards, alleys, and lanes.
Author : Arlo Haskell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780984331277
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (312 download)
Download or read book The Jews of Key West written by Arlo Haskell and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Literary Nonfiction. Jewish Studies. History. 2017 Florida Book Award, Phillip and Dana Zimmerman Gold Medal for Florida Nonfiction. The dramatic story of South Florida's oldest Jewish community and a major addition to the history of this unique island city. Long before Miami was on the map, Key West had Florida's largest economy and an influential Jewish community. Jews who settled here as peddlers in the nineteenth century joined a bilingual and progressive city that became the launching pad for the revolution that toppled the Spanish Empire in Cuba. As dozens of local Jews collaborated with José Martí's rebels, they built relationships that supported thriving Jewish communities in Key West and Havana at the turn of the twentieth century. During the 1920s, when anti-immigration hysteria swept the United States, Key West's Jews resisted the immigration quotas and established "the southernmost terminal of the Jewish underground," smuggling Jewish aliens in small boats across the Florida Straits to safety in Key West. But these and other Jewish exploits were kept secret as Ku Klux Klan leaders infiltrated local law enforcement and government. Many Jews left Key West during the 1930s and their stories were ignored or forgotten by the mythmakers that reinvented Key West as a tourist mecca. Arlo Haskell's THE JEWS OF KEY WEST is an entertaining and authoritative account of Key West's Jewish community from 1823-1969. Illustrated with over 100 images, it brings to life a history that had long been forgotten.
Author : Maureen Ogle
Publisher : University Press of Florida
ISBN 13 : 0813059534
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Key West written by Maureen Ogle and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2006-07-01 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Ogle captures this island city in all its quirky charm. Her story breezes along in typical Key West fashion--full of gossip and humor, with the jolt of a good cup of Cuban coffee."--Lee Irby, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg Parrotheads, Hemingway aficionados, and sun worshipers view Key West as a tropical paradise, and scores of writers have set tales of mystery and romance on the island. The city's real story--told by Maureen Ogle in this lively and engaging illustrated account--is as fabulous as fiction. In the early 1800s, the city's pioneer founders battled Indians, pirates, and deadly disease and created wealth beyond their imaginations. In the two centuries since, Key West has nurtured tragedy and triumph and has stood at the crossroads of American history. When Florida joined the Confederacy in 1861, Union troops seized control of strategically located Key West and city residents spent four years living under martial law. In the early 1890s, Key West Cubans helped Jose Marti launch the revolution that eventually ended Spain's control of their homeland. A few years later, the battleship Maine steamed out of Key West harbor on its last, tragic voyage. At the turn of the century, Henry Flagler astounded the entire country by building a technological marvel, an overseas railroad from mainland Florida to Key West, more than 100 miles long. In the 1920s and 1930s, painters, rumrunners, and writers (including Ernest Hemingway and Robert Frost) discovered Key West. During World War II, the federal government and the military war machine permanently altered the island's landscape. In the second half of the 20th century, bohemians, hippies, gays, and jet-setters began writing a new chapter in Key West's social history. All of these personalities and events are wrapped in Ogle's unique and candid history of the island, an account that will fascinate past and present citizens of the Conch Republic, history buffs who like a well-told tale, and the millions of tourists from all over the world who love this colorful island city. Maureen Ogle is retired from the University of South Alabama.
Author : Lynn M. Homan
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738506647
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (66 download)
Download or read book Key West written by Lynn M. Homan and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much more than the typical vacation destination, Key West combines a free-spirited ambiance with magnificent coral reefs, a unique historic legacy with an enduring artistic sensibility. For centuries, explorers and adventurers, immigrants and entrepreneurs, artists and wanderers have come to the island oasis, and today Key West, a city like no other, is home to them all. Through hurricanes, fires, labor strikes, and the tourism boom, the community of Key West has sustained a unique way of life and attracted a wide variety of people to its shores, including such famous figures as writers Ernest Hemingway and Tennessee Williams, President Harry Truman, and musician Jimmy Buffett. Whether strolling through the downtown historic district, searching eclectic shops for one-of-a-kind treasures, enjoying a piece of key lime pie, or participating in the look-alike contest during Hemingway Days, Key West offers endless opportunities for pleasure. The landmarks, the people, and the continuing story of Key West are the entertaining subject of this new photographic tribute.
Author : George Walter Born
Publisher : HPN Books
ISBN 13 : 1893619311
Total Pages : 113 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (936 download)
Download or read book Historic Florida Keys written by George Walter Born and published by HPN Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated history of Key West, Florida, paired with histories of the local companies.
Author : Lynn M. Homan
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439617384
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)
Download or read book Key West and the Florida Keys written by Lynn M. Homan and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2006-08-21 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A trip along that magical ribbon of road from the Florida mainland to the "Southernmost City" of Key West makes for an unforgettable journey. Dive the coral reefs at Key Largo's John Pennecamp State Park. Check out the dolphin show at Islamorada. Pack the fishing gear and head out to sea from Marathon. At Pigeon Key, relive the experiences of the workers who built Flagler's Folly, the Overseas Railroad. Climb a historic lighthouse in Key West. Stay at a fancy resort or a mom-andpop motel. Dine on fresh seafood or just-caught Florida lobster. Awaken to a glorious sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean and end the day with a spectacular sunset over the Gulf of Mexico.
