Kevin M Mccarthy: 11 books

Book cover of Apalachicola Bay
by Kevin M McCarthy
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2015

From the union of the Chattahoochee and Flint Rivers at the Georgia-Florida state line, the mighty Apalachicola River flows unimpeded for about 100 miles to the Gulf of Mexico. At the river's mouth lies Apalachicola Bay and Florida's "Forgotten Coast," known for world-class seafood and seemingly endless...
Book cover of Gators and Seminoles

Gators and Seminoles

A Football Rivalry for the Ages

by Kevin M. McCarthy
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2016

The University of Florida and Florida State University are two of the best institutions of higher learning in the third most populous state in our country. They cooperate in many academic ventures and have joint programs, especially in the sciences. They do not, however, cooperate in athletic endeavors...
Book cover of Teachers' Manual for African Americans in Florida
by Maxine D Jones, Kevin M McCarthy
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2015

This teachers' manual is meant to accompany the text entitled African Americans in Florida. The manual includes, for each chapter, (1) the key terms that are bold-faced in the text and defined in the glossary, (2) research questions for possible further work, (3) discussion topics for the classroom,...
Book cover of Caloosahatchee River Guidebook
by Kevin M McCarthy
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014

The Caloosahatchee flows from near Lake Okeechobee for to its outlet at Fort Myers on the southwest Gulf coast of Florida. Eighty miles long and only a stone's throw across in some places, Florida's Caloosahatchee River once played an essential part in the transport of cattle, fruit, and other goods...
Book cover of Fightin' Gators

Fightin' Gators

A History of the University of Florida Football

by Kevin M. McCarthy
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2000

The University of Florida, the state's oldest and largest university, is recognized today as one of the country's most academically diverse public institutions. Though able to trace its history to 1853, the school did not begin its popular football program until the first few years of the 20th century....
Book cover of African American Sites in Florida
by Kevin M McCarthy
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2019

African Americans have risen from the slave plantations of nineteenth-century Florida to become the heads of corporations and members of Congress in the twenty-first century. They have played an important role in making Florida the successful state it is today. This book takes you on a tour, through...
Book cover of Ocala
by Kevin M. McCarthy, Ernest Jernigan
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2001

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,...
Book cover of Aviation in Florida
by Kevin M McCarthy
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016

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 worlds first scheduled...
Book cover of Christmas in Florida
by Kevin M McCarthy
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016

Florida has its own special way of celebrating the holiday.
Book cover of Twenty Florida Pirates
by Kevin M McCarthy
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2015

Blackbeard, Jose Gaspar, Jean Lafitte—the names conjure up a romantic, swashbuckling figure with a black patch over one eye, a cutlass in his teeth, and a brace of pistols tucked into his waistband. Actors such as Errol Flynn did much to create that devil-may-care attitude glamorized on the silver...
Book cover of Thirty Florida Shipwrecks
by Kevin M McCarthy
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016

Sunken treasure, cannibalism, prison ships, Nazi submarines, the Bermuda triangle—all are tied into the lore of shipwrecks along Florida's coasts. There are as many shipwreck stories as there are thousands of Florida shipwrecks. This book offers thirty of the most interesting of them—from the...
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