Old Florida Drayton Island Tales

By Bruce A. Geiger

A good humored fast read about the history of Florida from the time of Columbus through the Steamboat era on the St. Johns River at the end of the 19th century. The history is confined to the area around the St. Johns River and Drayton Island in particular.For centuries before the European's arrived, the native people lived along the river and on Drayton Island. As the area near St. Augustine and along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean became settled, the Indians moved inland. The Island was on the frontier between the settlers and the Indians. South of Drayton Island, the settlers were on the east side of the river and the Indians were on the west side.The book touches on the French, Spanish, and English control of the Florida peninsula, the Florida Territory of the United States, Statehood and Secession, the Civil War, Trail of Tears, and the plight of the freed African American slaves. There are hundreds of books about the history of Florida that do not have interviews and stories about the people. This book has several. It is fiction based upon the Florida history soap opera.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1490356851
• ISBN13: 9781490356853
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 134 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"