Joan Blank

Traces the history and development of Florida including a discussion of its activities during the American Revolution.

Just south of Miami Beach lies the southernmost sand barrier island of the continental United States-Key Biscayne. Long the symbol of an idyllic, barefoot, island lifestyle, this swirl of sand, 5 miles long by 1 1/2 miles wide, is the subject of this lucid history, which begins 4,000 years ago and continues through its discovery by Ponce de Leon, its use as a military and lighthouse reservation, the Seminole Wars, shipwreck salvaging, and its present...