All About Florida Author:Cliff Road Books You may know Florida as a colorful and exciting vacation destination, but do you know these fascinating facts about the Sunshine State? — Apalachicola's Dr. John Gorrie is considered to be the father of air conditioning and mechanical refrigeration? — Key Largo is home to the world's first underwater hotel. — Florida's St. Augustine is the oldest c... more »ity in America.
These are just a few of the nuggets of information you'll find in All About Florida. Its pages include everything from the basics, like events that helped make Florida the twenty-seventh state, to the fun stuff like which sports and entertainment celebrities lived and learned here. Chapters include these topics and more:
Early Beginnings
The Great Outdoors
Florida Firsts
Arts and Literature
Concluding this handy volume is a collection of trivia about every aspect of Florida you can imagine. It'll be a useful reference book that's as fun as it is informative!« less