""A fascinating shoreline tour from Fernandina’s Amelia Island on the Atlantic to Pensacola on the Gulf."--Tampa Tribune"After reading this book, you might feel like jumping in your car and touring the lighthouses on the Florida coasts. If so, you’ll be in luck, because Florida Lighthouses contains maps and directions for reaching each lighthouse, plus information about tours and fees."--Florida Times-Union"McCarthy covers the construct ..."
"Since the time when Greek sentinels lit fires on mountaintops for the use of mariners at sea, lighthouses have aided the navigation of sailors on European waters. Those crude fires have been replaced by state-of-the-art towers equipped with satellite technology, and lighthouses remain indispensable navigational aids. For Ireland, the lights are important not only to mariners, but to the livelihood of the entire island. Eighty lighthous ..."
"Florida--land of perpetual sunshine, open spaces, and endless blue skies perfect for flying. Blimps, hot air balloons, bi-wings, jets, space shuttles-you name it: if you can fly it, you can fly it here, and many aviators have. From the launch of Amelia Earhart's final flight to the world's first scheduled airplane flight, important events in aviation have taken place in Florida. Filled with gorgeous color paintings by artist William Tro ..."
"Volume 1 of "Mississippi Women" enriched our understanding of women's roles in the state's history through profiles of notable, though often neglected, individuals. Volume 2 explores the historical forces that have shaped women's lives in Mississippi. Covering an expanse of time from early European settlement through the course of the twentieth century, the essays in the second volume acknowledge the state's diverse cultural and physica ..."
Wolves of Eden a Novel (Thorndike Large Print Western) by KevinMccarthy Hardcover, 598 Pages, Published 2019 by Thorndike Press Large Print, United States ISBN-13: 978-1-4328-6232-9, ISBN: 1-4328-6232-4
"Wolves of Eden blends intimate historical detail and emotional acuity in a haunting narrative that explores timeless themes of morality, the resilience of the human spirit, and the injustice implicit in warfare"--"
Wolves of Eden A Novel by KevinMccarthy Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2018 by W. W. Norton & Company ISBN-13: 978-0-393-65204-8, ISBN: 0-393-65204-1
"The Civil War may be over, but in this thrilling historical novel, the battle for the West is only just beginning.Dakota Territory, 1866. Following the murders of a frontier fort’s politically connected sutler and his wife in their illicit off-post brothel, Lieutenant Martin Molloy and his long-suffering orderly, Corporal Daniel Kohn, are ordered to track down the killers and return with “boots for the gallows” to appease powerful figur ..."
Ocala by KevinMccarthy, Ernest Jernigan Hardcover, 130 Pages, Published 2001 by Arcadia Publishing Library Editions ISBN-13: 978-1-5316-0939-9, ISBN: 1-5316-0939-2
"Nearly five centuries have passed since Ponce de Leon claimed for the king of Spain the area that now contains Ocala, the seat of Marion County in North Central Florida. Located midway between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, Ocala was incorporated in 1885, when it was home to just 803 inhabitants, and has grown steadily since that time. At the turn of the twentieth century, the city covered four square miles and had a populat ..."
Gold, Silver and Green The Irish Olympic Journey, 1896-1924 (Hardback) by KevinMccarthy Hardcover, 428 Pages, Published 2010 by Cork University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-85918-458-5, ISBN: 1-85918-458-8
"Focuses on the Irish and Irish diasporal involvement in the Olympic Games. This book discusses in detail the sporting involvement but, even more so, the political and national battles which accompanied the Irish Olympic journey prior to independence."
"When the Florida Agricultural College in Lake City became the University of Florida and moved south to Gainesville in 1906, it had a very fledgling football team, although worthy opponents were difficult to find. Little by little, as the school increased in size and reputation, its football team attracted higher-performing athletes and sterner opponents until it was willing to play any team in the country. In 1966, the team had its fir ..."
"At last: AMERICAN FLAGG! - created, written and illustrated by HOWARD CHAYKIN and winner of numerous awards and honors, including nine Eagle Awards - available for the first time as a deluxe hardcover collecting the series' first groundbreaking story arc! Plus! Additional cover paintings and promotional pieces by CHAYKIN, a MICHAEL CHABON introduction, an afterword by JIM LEE, and as a special bonus - a brand-new AMERICAN FLAGG! story w ..."