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Lessons of Hurricane Andrew.
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Creator
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Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
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Abstract/Description
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The 15th Annual National Hurricane Conference held April 13-16, 1993 in Orlando, Florida. Table of Contents: A Meteorological Analysis of Hurricane Andrew by Dr. Edward N. Rappaport and Dr. Robert C. Sheets, National Hurricane Center; Emergency Preparedness and Public Response in Southeast Florida in Andrew by Jay Baker, Department of Geography at Florida State University; What Went Wrong: A disaster in the Making and Inspections: a breakdown in the system by Lisa Getter, The Miami Herald;...
Show moreThe 15th Annual National Hurricane Conference held April 13-16, 1993 in Orlando, Florida. Table of Contents: A Meteorological Analysis of Hurricane Andrew by Dr. Edward N. Rappaport and Dr. Robert C. Sheets, National Hurricane Center; Emergency Preparedness and Public Response in Southeast Florida in Andrew by Jay Baker, Department of Geography at Florida State University; What Went Wrong: A disaster in the Making and Inspections: a breakdown in the system by Lisa Getter, The Miami Herald; Learning from loss: Andrew's lessons; Failure of design and discipline by Jeff Leen, Stephen K. Doig, Lisa Getter, Luis Feldstein Soto and Don Linefrock; Andrew, Iniki, Omar: FEMA Evaluation of Federal Response and Recovery Efforts; Coping with Catastrophe: Building an Emergency Management System to Meet People's Needs in Natural and Manmade Disasters, a Report by the National Academy of Public Administration panel members Philip A. Odeen, Yvonne B. Burke, Frank C. Carlucci, Charles L. Dempsey, Thomas M. Downs, Andrew J. Goodpaster, Stan M. McKinney, Elmer B. Staats, and Lee M. Thomas; Governor's Disaster Planning and Response Review Committee, chairman Philip D. Lewis.
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Date Issued
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1993
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000421
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Subject Headings
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Hurricane Andrew, 1992, Emergency management--Florida, Natural disasters -- Florida -- History
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Format
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E-book
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Title
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A Little Journey to Altonia: the Lure of a Clockless Land Where Summer Basks in the Lap of Winter.
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Creator
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La Gorce, John Oliver
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Date Issued
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1918
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dl/FA00000015.pdf
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Subject Headings
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Description and travel, Description and travel, The Florida Boom and Bust, 1919-1929
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Format
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E-book
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Title
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The Lure of the Southland.
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Creator
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Ward, C. H.
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Date Issued
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1915
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dl/FA00000005.pdf
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Subject Headings
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Description and travel, Pictorial works, Description and travel, Pictorial works, Description and travel, Economics and Society: Post-Civil War Florida, 1865-1913, The New Century and a Growing State, 1899-1913
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Format
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E-book
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Title
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Lure of the Sun: A Story of Palm Beach County.
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Creator
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First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Lake Worth
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Date Issued
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1967
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dl/FA00000036.pdf
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Subject Headings
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History, History
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Format
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E-book
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Title
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Miami and Dade County, Florida: Its Settlement, Progress and Achievement.
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Creator
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Blackman, E. V. (Ethan V.)
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Date Issued
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1921
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dl/FA00000025.pdf
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Subject Headings
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History, History, Biography, History, The Florida Boom and Bust, 1919-1929
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Format
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E-book
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Title
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Miami the Beautiful.
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Abstract/Description
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Original Date Field: 1929?
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Date Issued
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1929
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dl/FA00000011.pdf
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Subject Headings
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Description and travel, Pictorial works, History, Historic sites, Description and travel, The Florida Boom and Bust, 1919-1929
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Format
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E-book
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Title
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Narratives of the career of Hernando de Soto in the conquest of Florida, Volume 1.
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Creator
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Knight of Elvas, Hernández de Biedma, Luys
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Abstract/Description
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As told by a Knight of Elvas and in Relation by Luys Hernandez de Biedma, Factor of the expedition. Translated by Buckingham Smith together with an account of De Soto's Expedition. Based on the diary of Rodrigo Ranjel, his private secretary. Translated from Oviedo's Historia General y Natural de las Indias. Edited with an introduction by Edward Gaylord Bourne, professor of History in Yale University. Illustrated. Volume 1. The Bradford club -- Life of Soto -- Proem -- True relation of the...
Show moreAs told by a Knight of Elvas and in Relation by Luys Hernandez de Biedma, Factor of the expedition. Translated by Buckingham Smith together with an account of De Soto's Expedition. Based on the diary of Rodrigo Ranjel, his private secretary. Translated from Oviedo's Historia General y Natural de las Indias. Edited with an introduction by Edward Gaylord Bourne, professor of History in Yale University. Illustrated. Volume 1. The Bradford club -- Life of Soto -- Proem -- True relation of the vicissitudes that attended the governor Don Hernando de Soto and some nobles of Portugal in the discovery of the province of Florida / now just given by a fidalgo of Elvas. Index of the chapters contained in the Discovery of Florida (p. 1-210) -- Annotations / made by the translator to matters in the Relac¸am (p. [211]-228) -- Relation of the conquest of Florida / presented by Luys Hernandez de Biedma in the year 1544 to the King of Spain in council ; translated from the original document (p. [229]-261) -- Appendix. Translations [of letters, official documents and royal decrees] (p. [263]-312) -- Index (p. [313]-324).
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Date Issued
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1905
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000369
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Subject Headings
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Soto, Hernando de, -- approximately 1500-1542, Indians of North America -- Florida, Florida -- History -- To 1565, European Discovery and Settlement in Florida, 1492-1821 -- Explorers and Travelers, 1492-1700
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Format
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E-book
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Title
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New Smyrna the beautiful: In the summer land of Florida.
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Creator
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Dumble, A.E.
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Abstract/Description
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Book about New Smyrna, Florida by A.E. Dumble in which letters from settlers describe life in the town. Book details fishing, hunting, citrus growing, and local points of interest. Book contains illustrations and black-and-white photographs.
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Date Issued
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1904
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000142
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Subject Headings
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New Smyrna (Fla.) -- History, Landscape photography -- Florida -- New Smyrna -- Photographs, New Smyrna (Fla.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Photographs, Black-and-white photography -- Florida -- New Smyrna -- Photographs, Fishers -- Florida -- New Smyrna -- Photographs, Wild flowers -- Florida -- New Smyrna -- Photographs
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Format
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E-book
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Title
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Old Seaport Towns of the South.
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Creator
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Cram, Mildred, 1889-, Cram, Allan Gilbert
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Abstract/Description
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Personal account of the author Mildred Cram and her illustrator brother Allan Cram as they travelled south to Baltimore.
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Date Issued
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1917
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000357
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Subject Headings
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Cities and towns -- Cities and towns --Southern States, Southern States -- Southern States --Description and travel
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Format
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E-book
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Title
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Out of Winter's Bleakness into the Golden Glow.
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Creator
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Florida East Coast Railway
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Date Issued
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1923
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dl/FA00000029.pdf
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Subject Headings
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Guidebooks, Hotels, Description and travel, Description and travel
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Format
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E-book
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Title
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Palm Beach Revisited: Historical Vignettes of Palm Beach County.
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Creator
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Knott, James R.
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Date Issued
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1987
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dl/fa00000033.pdf
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Subject Headings
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History, History, Description and travel, History
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Format
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E-book
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Title
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Palm Beach, Florida.
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Abstract/Description
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Original date field: [19--?]
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dl/FA00000014.pdf
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Subject Headings
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Pictorial works, Description and travel, Economics and Society: Post-Civil War Florida, 1865-1913, The New Century and a Growing State, 1899-1913, palm beach
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Format
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E-book
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Palm Beach, Florida: The Nation's Winter Home.
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Abstract/Description
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Original Date Field: [191-?]
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dl/FA00000006.pdf
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Subject Headings
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Pictorial works, Description and travel, Economics and Society: Post-Civil War Florida, 1865-1913, The New Century and a Growing State, 1899-1913
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Format
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E-book
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Title
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Pelts, Plumes, and Hides: White Traders Among the Seminole Indians, 1870-1930.
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Creator
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Kersey, Harry A.
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Date Issued
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1975
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dl/FA00000027.pdf
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Subject Headings
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History, Fur trade, History, Seminole Indians, Race Relations, Indians of North America -- Rites and ceremonies
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Format
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E-book
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Title
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Petals Plucked from Sunny Climes.
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Creator
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Sunshine, Silvia
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Abstract/Description
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With illustrations. Second Edition. Printed for the author. To all the Florida settlers and those who wish it a Bright and Prosperous future, this volume is respectfully dedicated.
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Date Issued
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1879
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000364
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Subject Headings
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Florida--Description and travel, Florida--History, Cuba--Description and travel
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Format
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E-book
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Title
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Photograph Album of Florida Scenes, Palm Beach and Royal Poinciana Hotel.
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Abstract/Description
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Photograph album, consisting primarily of photographs of people in Florida locales in early part of the 20th century.
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Date Issued
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1904
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dl/FA00000010.pdf
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Subject Headings
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Pictorial works, Description and travel, History, Economics and Society: Post-Civil War Florida, 1865-1913, Business, Agriculture, and Tourism, 1878-1897
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Format
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E-book
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