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A Light in the Wilderness
James D. Snyder
其他書名
The Story of Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & the Southeast Florida Frontier
出版Past Perfect Florida Histor, 2006
主題History / GeneralHistory / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)Religion / Christianity / HistoryTravel / Museums, Tours, Points of InterestTravel / United States / General
ISBN09675200109780967520018
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=0Nebb9DMN-8C&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Although nearly 7 million people live along the southeast Florida coast, scarcely three generations ago it was a wild, lawless frontier ruled by bears, snakes and alligators. But when a lighthouse was built at Jupiter Inlet in 1860, it became the hub for hunters, surveyors, Civil War blockade runners, Union gunboats and pioneer farmers. A Light in the Wilderness, with over seventy rare photos, maps and letters, tells how southeast Florida survived the catharsis of the Civil War, how the lighthouse at Jupiter drew the first families into its orbit, and how it became a key link in the steamboat-railroad path that led people to the "Garden of Eden."