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Presidents in Florida

How the Presidents Have Shaped Florida and How Florida Has Influenced the Presidents

James C Clark
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U.S. Presidents have played a major role in shaping Florida, whether waging wars, protecting the environment, seeking votes, or just drawing media attention to the state's attractions.

  • Thomas Jefferson set out to buy Florida, but ended up making the Louisiana Purchase instead.
  • Andrew Jackson came to fight Indians when La Florida was still a Spanish colony and then became the first territorial governor.
  • Abraham Lincoln came up with the plan to get Florida back into the Union in 1864 to help his reelection chances.
  • Ulysses S. Grant came to promote steamships on the St. Johns River.
  • Warren G. Harding played golf with an elephant as a caddie, and Chester Arthur went fishing in Orlando.
  • Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders sailed to glory from Tampa, but nearly missed the boat.
  • Herbert Hoover came to Florida to spend time with his friends, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and Harvey Firestone, and held the Florida record for catching the largest bonefish.
  • Days before his inauguration, an assassination attempt was made on Franklin Roosevelt as he spoke in a Miami park.
  • Roosevelt's yacht was anchored at Fort Lauderdale when a massive hurricane swept it inland. Roosevelt tried to sell it as a hunting lodge.
  • Harry Truman launched a campaign to defeat a Florida Senator, and had a house in Key West called the Little White House.
  • Nixon killed the Cross Florida Barge Canal, becoming a hero to environmentalists. After winning election, he purchased a home in Florida and was there during the Watergate burglary.
  • George W. Bush launched his political career in Florida, working for a successful Senate candidate. And of course it was the contested Florida vote, with its hanging-chad ballots, that gave him reelection in 2000.
Learn about all of these men and more in this unique take on Florida history.

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Nombre de pages :
200
Langue:
Anglais

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EAN:
9781561645336
Date de parution :
01-07-12
Format:
Livre broché
Format numérique:
Trade paperback (VS)
Dimensions :
150 mm x 226 mm
Poids :
294 g

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