Tallahassee: A Capital City History

by Julianne Hare

Book Overview

Since its exploration in the early sixteenth century, the geography of today's Sunshine State has been hotly contested, both through diplomacy and violence, by various forces of Spanish, French, British, and Native American influence. As late as the nineteenth century, Florida's people and soil remained controversial-its land emerging as vital, accessible territory for expansion for the nascent American population. Through a combination of political...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738523712
• ISBN13: 9780738523712
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.8" x 9.7"