Jonathan Dickinson: 2 books

This narrative of a shipwreck on the Florida coast in 1696 and the suffering and heroism of the survivors was first published in Philadelphia three years later under the title GOD’S PROTECTING PROVIDENCE . So great and so sustained was the interest the account aroused on both sides of the Atlantic...

Chapter 1 highlights the rich history of the area in and surrounding the park, from the Native Americans who first settled there 5,000 years ago, to the Seminole era of the nineteen hundreds, to the secret radar training base that sprawled within during the World War II years. Also: the story of Trapper...