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A Brief History of Mount Dora, Florida

Author : Gary McKechnie
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625856520
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (258 download)

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Download or read book A Brief History of Mount Dora, Florida written by Gary McKechnie and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016-01-11 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mount Dora is known for its southern charm and New England look, yet its history is just as engaging. The "Festival City" began with the arrival of pioneer families such as the Drawdys, Simpsons and Tremains. In the 1880s, it became a popular destination for Chautauqua events, when visitors gathered beside Lake Gertrude and Lake Dora for educational and cultural enrichment. In the twentieth century, Mount Dora weathered economic setbacks and racial conflict before becoming a premier city of the arts. Today, this beautiful lakefront community welcomes thousands of visitors to its numerous festivals, events and active shopping village. Join authors Gary McKechnie and Nancy Howell as they celebrate the intriguing history of their town.

The Story of Mount Dora, Florida

Author : Rupert J. Longstreet
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book The Story of Mount Dora, Florida written by Rupert J. Longstreet and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lake County, Florida--a Pictorial History

Author : Emmett Peter
Publisher : Lake County Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 9780898659054
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (59 download)

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Book Synopsis Lake County, Florida--a Pictorial History by : Emmett Peter

Download or read book Lake County, Florida--a Pictorial History written by Emmett Peter and published by Lake County Historical Society. This book was released on 1994 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Mount Dora, Florida

Author : James Michael Laux
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780972734042
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Mount Dora, Florida written by James Michael Laux and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Mount Dora

Author : Lynn M. Homan
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738505688
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (56 download)

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Download or read book Mount Dora 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: Located approximately 50 miles north of Disney World, the small community of Mount Dora, Florida, has become a peaceful oasis in the bustling region, offering a respite to the weary traveler and a refreshing connection to an earlier time. The town rests on the shores of the beautiful Lake Dora, named for early settler Dora Drawdy by government surveyors in the 1840s. Looking at the quaint city streets, placid lake, and turn-of-the-century homes, it's easy to imagine life long ago in Mount Dora as inordinately idyllic, but like all communities, Mount Dora has faced challenges to its growth and prosperity. The collapse of the real estate boom in the mid-1920s was quickly followed by the Great Depression, ruining lives and fortunes in Mount Dora and around the state. But from the beginning, one of Mount Dora's strongest assets has been its inviting lake, an advantage that has helped a thriving tourism industry to develop in this small town. Visitors flock to Mount Dora, not only for the tranquil setting, but also for the community's old-fashioned charm, antique district, and architectural distinctiveness.

Alas, Babylon

Author : Pat Frank
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0060741872
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book Alas, Babylon written by Pat Frank and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2005-07-05 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic apocalyptic novel that stunned the world.

Beneath a Ruthless Sun

Author : Gilbert King
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0399183426
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (991 download)

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Download or read book Beneath a Ruthless Sun written by Gilbert King and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-04-23 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Exposes the sinister complexity of American racism... King tells this... story with grace and sensitivity, and his narrative never flags." --Jeffrey Toobin, New York Times Book Review From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller Devil in the Grove comes the story of a small town with a big secret. In December 1957, the wife of a Florida citrus baron is raped in her home while her husband is away. She claims a "husky Negro" did it, and the sheriff, the infamous racist Willis McCall, does not hesitate to round up a herd of suspects. But within days, McCall turns his sights on Jesse Daniels, a gentle, mentally impaired white nineteen-year-old. Soon Jesse is railroaded up to the state hospital for the insane, and locked away without trial. But crusading journalist Mabel Norris Reese cannot stop fretting over the case and its baffling outcome. Who was protecting whom, or what? She pursues the story for years, chasing down leads, hitting dead ends, winning unlikely allies. Bit by bit, the unspeakable truths behind a conspiracy that shocked a community into silence begin to surface. Beneath a Ruthless Sun tells a powerful, page-turning story rooted in the fears that rippled through the South as integration began to take hold, sparking a surge of virulent racism that savaged the vulnerable, debased the powerful, and roils our own times still.

The Risleys

Author : Floyd Risley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781937720599
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book The Risleys written by Floyd Risley and published by . This book was released on 2021-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Vampires, Gators, and Wackos

Author : Fran Stanfield
Publisher : WildBlue Press
ISBN 13 : 1957288183
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (572 download)

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Download or read book Vampires, Gators, and Wackos written by Fran Stanfield and published by WildBlue Press. This book was released on 2022-03-29 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teens savagely murder a couple in the name of their vampire cult. A sex-starved teacher cannot get enough of her young male student. The case of a missing child keeps cops awake at night for years after his confounding disappearance. During his decades-long crime coverage in Central Florida, journalist Frank Stanfield covered every atrocity that man or nature could unleash. Vampires, Gators, and Wackos: A Florida Newspaperman’s Life recounts some of the frequently craven, and at times downright stupid, crimes Stanfield covered during his time in the field. He somehow made it through without winding up more mental than the crackpots he tracked. However, his unvarnished, no-holds-barred account of news events reveals just how crazy-making a case can be when you are dead set on nailing the truth. “Here’s a tip for young reporters: Don’t beat the cops to a homicide. Crowds at murder scenes are sometimes wildly angry, drunk, high, confused and looking at a face that is decidedly out of place in their neighborhood. In those days we wore nice clothes, even ties, if not jackets, to a crime scene. ‘Who are you?’ they asked, figuring I must be a cop, because surely, no sane person would show up unarmed in the middle of a melee.” - Frank Stanfield

Hotel Mavens

Author : Stanley Turkel CMHS
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1496933346
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (969 download)

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Download or read book Hotel Mavens written by Stanley Turkel CMHS and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2014-09-19 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The word maven is defined by Wikipedia as a trusted expert in a particular field, who seeks to pass knowledge on to others. Since the 1980s it has become more common when the New York Times columnist William Safire adapted it to describe himself as the language maven. The word from Hebrew is mainly confined to American English and was included in the Oxford English Dictionary second edition (1989). My three hotel mavens are: 1) Lucius M. Boomer, one of the most famous hoteliers of his time, was chairman of the Hotel Waldorf-Astoria Corporation. In a career of over half a century, he directed such celebrated hotels as the Bellevue-Stratford in Philadelphia, the Taft in New Haven, the Lenox in Boston, and the McAlpin, Claridge, Sherry-Netherland and the original as well as the current Waldorf-Astoria in New York. 2) George C. Boldt who was the genius of the original Waldorf-Astoria. It was said of him that he made innkeeping a profession and, more than any man, was responsible for the modern American hotel. 3) Oscar of the Waldorf who was described in 1898 by the New York Sun: In only one New York hotel, however, is there a personage deserving to be called a matre dhotel. Anyone who studies him closely will soon arrive at a firm conviction that he might quite as appropriately have been called General or Admiral, if circumstances had not led him into the hotel business. Oscar knows everybody. Oscar was a superstar of his time and one of the stalwarts who managed both the original and the current Waldorf-Astoria. Among his many duties, Oscar commanded a staff of 1,000 persons bedsides conducting a school for waiters, at the time the only one of its kind in the United States. In 1896, Oscar wrote one of the greatest cookbooks of its time: The Cook Book by Oscar of the Waldorf. It contains 907 pages and 3,455 recipes.

Legendary Locals of Lake County, Florida

Author : Doris Bloodsworth
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467100250
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)

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Download or read book Legendary Locals of Lake County, Florida written by Doris Bloodsworth and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lake County has no shortage of characters--adventurous, altruistic, and notorious men and women drawn to an enchanted land of a thousand lakes and lush pine forests in the heart of the "Sunshine State." In 1887, visionaries carved the new territory from neighboring Sumter and Orange Counties and boldly dreamed of moving the state capital to Tavares. More than a dozen communities sprang up, attracting people such as Walt Disney's parents and Wild West legend Annie Oakley. Notable residents through the years include astronaut David Walker, Olympic athlete Tyson Gay, bestselling author Kate DiCamillo, and archaeologist Edgar Banks, who served as the inspiration for Indiana Jones. Inspiring educators and coaches, along with caring doctors and ministers, devoted their lives to helping others. Business geniuses created the largest sawmill in the Southeast, promoted tourism, and built the first citrus juice plant in Florida.

Tavares

Author : Richard Lee Cronin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (711 download)

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Download or read book Tavares written by Richard Lee Cronin and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-31 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lake County, established May 27, 1887, was carved from portions of Orange and Sumter counties. The Legislature had defined borders but allowed the twenty-two hundred plus registered voters to decide where to place the county seat. Four elections and a courtroom battle later, Tavares, on August 10, 1888, finally became the official seat. The selection process lasted 440 days from start to finish.An 1880 dream of two Orlando Attorneys, Tavares was founded on a historic parcel known as "Hull Place", the homestead of pioneers James and Nancy Hull. The lawyers however did not purchase the land directly from the Hull's. Attorneys Alexander St. Clair-Abrams and partner Robert L. Summerlin bought the undeveloped property, with its "bearing grove", from the estate of George C. Brantley.Platted as a city in 1881, Tavares, when Lake County was formed in 1887, had 20 trains daily passing through its downtown corridor, "more than any Florida depot", said an 1887 visiting correspondent. In six years Tavares, the darling community of Orange County, had blossomed into a Florida railroad hub at the center of 40 plus want-to-be neighboring towns in two counties that, as of May 27, 1887, became 40 plus want-to-be Lake County communities.TAVARES: Darling of Orange County, Birthplace of Lake County, is the story of how Florida's "Great Lake Region" transitioned from a 19th century wilderness into a vibrant Citrus Belt district. Amazing pioneers dared to dream big - dared to imagine creating such places as Leesburg, Lady Lake, Mount Dora, Montverde, Eldorado, Eustis, Umatilla, Astor, Clermont, Yalaha, and Tavares, to name a few. This is a story of triumph over tragedy; of homesteaders becoming town builders; of steamboats and railroads forging a new homeland, and of remarkable men and women who made it happen. There is even a touch of mystery and intrigue. This is the story of the earliest days of settlement of Florida's Lake County.

Built to Last

Author : Stanley Turkel CMHS ISHC
Publisher : Author House
ISBN 13 : 1491810068
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (918 download)

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Download or read book Built to Last written by Stanley Turkel CMHS ISHC and published by Author House. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Built to Last: 100+ Year-Old Hotels East of the Mississippi is a sequel to my 2011 book, Built To Last: 100+ Year-Old Hotels in New York. It has 86 chapters, one for each century-old hotel (of 50 rooms or more) east of the Mississippi River and each is illustrated by an antique postcard. The Foreword was written by Joseph McInerney, CHA, President of the American Hotel & Lodging Association. The book has been accepted for promotion, distribution and sale by the American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute. My research into the histories of these hotels turned up fascinating stories about single-minded developers, brilliant and accidental architects, dedicated owners, famous and infamous guests and even the story of an underground bunker-shelter the size of two football fields built under a hotel to house the U.S. Government in the event of a nuclear war.

Breaking Cover

Author : Michele Rigby Assad
Publisher : NavPress
ISBN 13 : 1496419634
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (964 download)

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Download or read book Breaking Cover written by Michele Rigby Assad and published by NavPress. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A real-life, can’t-put-down spy memoir. The CIA is looking for walking contradictions. Recruiters seek out potential agents who can keep a secret yet pull classified information out of others; who love their country but are willing to leave it behind for dangerous places; who live double lives, but can be trusted with some of the nation’s most highly sensitive tasks. Michele Rigby Assad was one of those people. As a CIA agent and a counterterrorism expert, Michele soon found that working undercover was an all-encompassing job. The threats were real; the assignments perilous. Michele spent over a decade in the agency—a woman leading some of the most highly skilled operatives on the planet, secretly serving in some of the most treacherous areas of the Middle East, and at risk as a target for ISIS. But deep inside, Michele wondered: Could she really do this job? Had she misunderstood what she thought was God’s calling on her life? Did she have what it would take to survive? The answer came when Michele faced her ultimate mission, one with others’ lives on the line—and it turned out to have been the plan for her all along. In Breaking Cover, Michele has at last been cleared to drop cover and tell her story: one of life-or-death stakes; of defeating incredible odds; and most of all, of discovering a faith greater than all her fears.

Postcards of Mount Dora, Florida (In Full Color)

Author : PostCardArt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781304676429
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (764 download)

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Download or read book Postcards of Mount Dora, Florida (In Full Color) written by PostCardArt and published by . This book was released on 2013-12-02 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Doesn't She Look Natural?

Author : Angela Elwell Hunt
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1414311699
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (143 download)

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Download or read book Doesn't She Look Natural? written by Angela Elwell Hunt and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2007 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recently divorced Capitol Hill staffer Jennifer Graham begins a new life with her young sons and mother in a small Florida town after she inherits a funeral home.

Fort Myers

Author : Gerri Reaves
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738553542
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (535 download)

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Download or read book Fort Myers written by Gerri Reaves and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008-05 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these photographs, the neighborhood service station, the drugstore soda fountain, and steamboat mail-delivery live on. Nineteenth-century storefronts stand amid condo towers. Cattle stroll to market, and post-World War II newcomers transform the paradise of Gilded Age millionaires and tin-can tourists. Fort Myers continues to reinvent itself, maintaining the treasures of its richly storied past.