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Dreamers, Schemers and Scalawags
Florida has been the home of many unusual characters throughout the years. Meet Ned Buntline, Laura Riding, Wilson Mizner, Sam Jones, and many others. Storytellers, lawbreakers, movers and shakers, sportsmen, moviemakers, visionaries, and mobsters all left their mark on Florida.
- GenresHistoryNonfiction
264 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 1993
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May 19, 2024
Well, as a native Floridian, I found Volume 1 charming!
And when people I know started to be referenced, I was just enchanted!
Then I learned a lot about the early days before my family came down in 1925.
So I picked up the other volumes......BIG mistake.
Volume 2 is so awful -- and some of it is only even tangentially connected to Florida.
And some of the murders are gruesome -- and gratuitous.
And while Sir Harry Oakes murder is very interesting, it was in an entirely different country!
And some of the significant murders in Miami of the 1970s & 1980s were omitted...
Then comes volume 3....redundant! And poorly edited.
Just....don't....bother
And when people I know started to be referenced, I was just enchanted!
Then I learned a lot about the early days before my family came down in 1925.
So I picked up the other volumes......BIG mistake.
Volume 2 is so awful -- and some of it is only even tangentially connected to Florida.
And some of the murders are gruesome -- and gratuitous.
And while Sir Harry Oakes murder is very interesting, it was in an entirely different country!
And some of the significant murders in Miami of the 1970s & 1980s were omitted...
Then comes volume 3....redundant! And poorly edited.
Just....don't....bother
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August 1, 2013Interesting collection of short stories about Florida history.
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