Description: Biographia Floridiana by Lamar York Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Who can explain Florida? The state boasts a booming economy and plays kingmaker in presidential elections. Yet it is also the strangest. It is not quite Southern and not quite Northern. No other state can claim such a long and tumultuous history, yet in no other is the past so ignored. In this collection of a dozen beautifully written essays, Biographia Floridiana sheds welcome light on why the Sunshine State is the most difficult to define. Author Lamar York, longtime editor of The Chattahoochee Review, one of the Souths leading literary journals, challenges how we see a place famed around the world primarily for producing oranges and theme parks. York starts by dipping into "the most difficult American birthing" in the Union. Florida was first a French threat to Spain, then a Spanish threat to Britain, then a British threat to the fledgling United States, then a gift from Britain back to Spain. Acquired by Washington politicians solely to thwart these foreign powers, the state soon after seceded to join the Confederate States of America. York also tracks Floridas abrupt transformation in the twentieth century. In 1900, it was the thirty-sixth most populous state in the union, a swampy and poverty-stricken backwater with hundreds of miles of useless beaches and few good harbors. Key West was the states most populous city. When a Floridian invented air conditioning, he set the stage for millions of people to flock to the state. The author explores some of the characters that make Florida so unique, from the rich Scottish slave trader who fought to emancipate African Americans to the little-known literary brilliance of novelists Edith Pope and Harry Crews. He considers such quirky events as the two riders sent out by the first legislature from each coast, riding inland. Where they met was chosen as the capital, Tallahassee. Biographia Floridiana also reflects on Floridas unusual geography and ecology, and the massive environmental changes wrought amid sprawling interstates and beaches shadowed by high rises. By turns enlightening and funny, Biographia Floridiana is, most of all, quietly reflective in that way of the best essays, gently overturning our conventional ideas about the Sunshine State. "These essays attempt to illustrate the guileless charm of one of the worlds first choices among the perfect places to be, a choice shared by the author." He leads us gently into what he calls his "private Florida, a place that exists in metaphor and memory." Details ISBN 1725719754 ISBN-13 9781725719750 Title Biographia Floridiana Author Lamar York Format Paperback Year 2019 Pages 214 Publisher Createspace Independent Publishing Platform GE_Item_ID:129509571; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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Book Title: Biographia Floridiana : Essaying Florida
Number of Pages: 214 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: CreateSpace
Item Height: 0.5 in
Topic: Essays
Publication Year: 2019
Genre: Literary Collections
Item Weight: 9 Oz
Item Length: 8.5 in
Author: LaMar York
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
