James Snyder

A Light in the Wilderness (eBook, ePUB)

The Story of Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse and the Southeast Florida Frontier

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

You can't miss the red tower when at Jupiter Inlet in Florida. But many passers-by are unaware that it sits atop a hill that marked the confluence of two waterways that was the center of 5,000 years of Indian civilization. It would later draw a succession of Spanish, English, Seminole Indians, and American soldiers. When the lighthouse was built in 1860, it became a hub for builders, surveyors, Civil War blockade runners, pioneer farmers and paddlewheel steamboats. A Light in the Wilderness tells how today's coastal strip of over seven million residents began just a few generations ago when bears, panthers and alligators roamed and ruled.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pharos Books
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. März 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781737097631
• Artikelnr.: 63681055

Autorenporträt

Jim Snyder lives along the Loxahatchee River in Tequesta, Florida and is active in organizations to conserve Florida's first Wild and Scenic River. He is also a former board chairman of the Loxahatchee River Historical Society. A graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, Snyder spent over forty years as a Washington correspondent and magazine publisher before resettling in South Florida and continuing his love of writing as an author.