Some Kind of Paradise: A Chronicle of Man and the Land in Florida

by Mark Derr

Book Overview

"The history of Florida is the story of North America in miniature. By telling it with such eloquence and learning in 'Some Kind of Paradise, ' Mr. Derr has revealed the dark side of the historian Frederick Jackson Turner's famous hypothesis: our national character was indeed shaped by the frontier. . . . Derr] writes with a journalist's eye for telling details and an antiquarian's fondness for digression and quirky facts. . . . The state's tortuous...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813016290
• ISBN13: 9780813016290
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.9" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Floridian Must Have

If you are a Floridian, this is one for you. Professor reserved it in our campus library for research, I was so taken with it I immediately came home looking for a copy. Glad to have found one.