Millard Fillmore Caldwell

Author : Gary R. Mormino
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780813065526

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Millard Fillmore Caldwell by Gary R. Mormino Pdf

When actions of the past clash with the values of today Millard Fillmore Caldwell (1897–1984) was once considered one of the greatest Floridians of his generation. Yet today he is known for his inability to adjust to the racial progress of the modern world. In this biography, leading Florida historian Gary Mormino tackles the difficult question of how to remember yesterday’s heroes who are now known to have had serious flaws. The last Florida governor born in the nineteenth century and the first to govern in the atomic age, Caldwell was beloved in his time for leading the state through the hard years of World War II. He was wildly successful in a political career that may never be matched, serving as governor, congressman, state legislator, and chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court. He passed important educational reform legislation. But his attitudes toward race and citizenship strike Americans today as embarrassing and shocking. He refused to address black leaders by their titles. He argued for segregated bomb shelters. And he accepted lynching as part of the southern way of life. Mormino measures the contributions of Caldwell alongside his glaring faults, discussing his complicated role in shaping modern Florida. In the current debates surrounding public memorials and historical memory in the United States, Millard Fillmore Caldwell is a timely example of one man’s contested legacy. A volume in the series Florida in Focus, edited by Andrew K. Frank

Author : Gary Ross Mormino
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1263194285

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Millard Fillmore Caldwell by Gary Ross Mormino Pdf

Author : Nick Wynne
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781625851772

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On this Day in Florida History by Nick Wynne Pdf

Florida is steeped in a cultural blend of history unmatched by any other state. One day at a time, author and historian Nick Wynne offers a glimpse of this quirky and fascinating story, beginning with the 1539 arrival of Hernando de Soto. On February 22, 1959, the legendary five-hundred-mile race at Daytona first began. On March 22, 1982, the space shuttle "Columbia" launched from Cape Canaveral. Camp Blanding experienced a Nazi prisoner riot on December 22, 1943. Enjoy a notable nugget of history a day or a month at a time with this celebration of Sunshine State heritage.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 3258 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-10
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UCR:31210023918707

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Catalogue of the Public Documents of the ... Congress and of All Departments of the Government of the United States for the Period from ... to ... by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Superintendent of Documents
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 3260 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Government publications
ISBN : RUTGERS:39030018822660

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Catalogue of the Public Documents of the [the Fifty-third] Congress [to the 76th Congress] and of All Departments of the Government of the United States by United States. Superintendent of Documents Pdf

Author : Rodney Carlisle
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781561648528

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Guide to Florida Pioneer Sites by Rodney Carlisle Pdf

This unusual, richly illustrated guidebook details Florida's historic pioneer and cracker villages, describing the homes, work-ways and folk-ways of the states early settlers, through preserved and tangible objects and structures. Across the state, dedicated local historians and community groups have carefully preserved and moved 19th- and early 20th-century structures, including both homes and workplaces, to specially created villages in order to display the lives of Florida pioneers. The tools, houses, farms, gardens, barns, sugar and turpentine mills, churches and schools that are gathered into twenty separate sites are described here, for the first time in a single volume. Through the rich collections of household utensils, mills, and structures, the visitor can appreciate the details of the everyday life, work, hardships, and recreation of past generations of Floridians. The book is an indispensable handbook and guide for the casual or dedicated historic tourist as well as for parents and teachers seeking to expose young people to the vanishing lifestyles of Florida's pioneers. Contact information, hours, special events, and detailed descriptions of each structure at the sites provide the casual or dedicated visitor with both practical facts for arranging trips, and the specific family histories of the pioneers who built and lived in the homes.

Author : CQ Press,
Publisher : CQ Press
Page : 1864 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781452235325

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Guide to Congress by CQ Press, Pdf

The new edition of this comprehensive, two-volume reference has been thoroughly revised and expanded by expert CQ Press writers—with years of experience covering Congress—to offer a complete institutional history of Congress along with updated insight and analysis on the 2008 and 2010 shifts in power of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : CQ Press
Page : 501 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2009-10-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781452267265

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American Political Leaders 1789-2009 by Anonim Pdf

This handy single volume features a wealth of fascinating biographical information on approximately 9,000 of the most important U.S. elected and appointed leaders. Newly updated, it includes key facts on political leaders spanning 220 years of American history. Organized for quick, easy reference, the book contains six chapters in which readers will find the following on presidents, vice presidents, cabinet members, Supreme Court justices, members of Congress, and governors: Basic Facts including all significant biographical data, such as birth and death dates, periods of public service, and party affiliations Special Information including boxed features and analytical commentary on topics such as presidential disability and succession; religious affiliations of the U.S. presidents and Supreme Court justices; White House hostesses; and women, African Americans, and Hispanic Americans in Congress, the Cabinet, the Supreme Court, and the White House This easy-to-use resource also offers an appendix of additional reference tables on Congress, including sessions held, leadership, and committee chairmen. American Political Leaders 1789-2010 is the perfect reference guide for researchers, students, and interested citizens looking for names, dates, and other essential information on U.S. leaders in one convenient, reliable source.

Author : Darryl J. Gonzalez
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780313386671

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The Children Who Ran for Congress by Darryl J. Gonzalez Pdf

This book offers a meticulously researched, comprehensive chronology of the Congressional Page system, from the late 1700s to modern day. From the origins of the page system in 1774 to the period in the 1940s when Congress demonstrated an indifference towards the needs of providing the boys with supervised living arrangements, congressional pages have a storied past. It's a topic that can be amusing—for years, pages simply treated the Capitol as a their private playground to subject adults to their mischief—and sobering, as Congress continued to employ boys as young as eight years old, even after passing labor laws that prohibited it and was reluctant to provide supervised living arrangements for decades. Unlike many dry and lifeless books about Congressional history, The Children Who Ran For Congress: A History of Congressional Pages provides a lively and engaging look at the history of the page system, a topic that has largely been ignored. Based on a thorough investigation of historical documents and personal interviews, Darryl Gonzalez now tells the complete story of the young boys (and girls) who have served Congress for more than 200 years.

Author : Rick Baker
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781683340157

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Beyond the Sunshine by Rick Baker Pdf

From the time the first humans reached the Florida peninsula more than 12,000 years ago through today's complex and diverse state, this timeline narrative sets Florida's fascinating history against the backdrop of world events. Learn how early native peoples, European exploration, wars, and transformative economic, social, cultural, and technological changes have shaped and continue to shape the "Sunshine State."

Author : Michael Gannon
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2003-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813059457

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Florida by Michael Gannon Pdf

As if Ponce de León, who happened on the peninsula in 1513, returned today to demand a quick reckoning ("Tell me what happened after I was there, but leave out the boring parts!"), Michael Gannon recounts the longest recorded history of any state in the nation in twenty-seven brisk, fully illustrated chapters. From indigenous tribes who lived along spring-fed streams to environmentalists who labor to "Save Our Rivers," from the first conquistadors whose broad black ships astonished the natives to the 123,000 refugees whose unexpected immigration stunned South Floridians in 1980, the story of the state is as rich and distinctive as the story of America. And it’s older than most people think. As Gannon writes, "By the time the Pilgrims came ashore at Plymouth, St. Augustine was up for urban renewal. It was a town with fort, church, seminary, six-bed hospital, fish market, and about 120 shops and houses. Because La Florida stretched north from the Keys to Newfoundland and west to Texas, St. Augustine could claim to be the capital of much of what is now the United States." Gannon tells his fast-marching saga in chronological fashion. Starting with the wilderness of the ancient earth, he fills the landscape with Indians, colonists, pioneers, entrepreneurs, politicians, and the panorama of Florida today--"the broad superhighways that wind past horse farms, retirement communities, international airports, launch pads, futuristic attractions, and come to rest, finally, amidst the gleaming towers of Oz-like cities." This revised edition concludes with a look into the twenty-first century, including "in-migration," restoration of the Everglades, education, the work force, and the infamous 2000 presidential election.

Author : Martin A. Dyckman
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 509 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2006-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813059242

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Floridian of His Century by Martin A. Dyckman Pdf

Six years after his election as a segregationist, Florida governor LeRoy Collins denounced racial discrimination as contrary to “moral, simple justice.” In 1991, the Florida House of Representatives eulogized Collins as the “Floridian of the Twentieth Century,” and today Collins is remembered as one of Florida’s outstanding governors. As champion against rural misrule in 1954 and as the voice of racial moderation in 1956, Collins won the two most important gubernatorial elections in Florida history. In Floridian of His Century, a political portrait of this controversial Southern governor, Martin Dyckman argues that Collins’s courageous moral leadership spared Florida the humiliation that befell other states under less enlightened leaders.

Author : Stephen D. Solomon
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2009-01-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780472033454

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Ellery's Protest by Stephen D. Solomon Pdf

An engrossing story of one of the landmark cases in First Amendment history

Author : Allan A. Needell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2013-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135852795

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Science, Cold War and the American State by Allan A. Needell Pdf

This book illuminates how Berkner became a model that produced the scientist/advisor/policymaker that helped build post-war America. It does so by providing a detailed account of the personal and professional beliefs of one of the most influential figures in the American scientific community; a figure that helped define the political and social climates that existed in the United States during the Cold War.

Author : Andrew N. Edel
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Historic buildings
ISBN : 9781596523241

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Historic Photos of Tallahassee by Andrew N. Edel Pdf

From the old capitol to the new capitol, the Battle of Natural Bridge to the battles at Doak Campbell Stadium, Historic Photos of Tallahassee is a photographic history collected from the areas top archives. With around 200 photographs, many of which have never been published, this beautiful coffee table book shows the historical growth from the mid 1800's to the late 1900's in stunning black and white photography. The book follows life, government, events and people important to Tallahassee and the building of this unique city. Spanning over two centuries and two hundred photographs, this is a must have for any long-time resident or history lover of Tallahassee!