 About Florida
Exploring the Sunshine State can be even more fun if you know what to look for! These books let you know more about subjects that aren’t commonly written about, such as the Florida homefront during the Civil War and how sinkholes form here and around the globe.
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Laura Filippucci’s lush drawings bring my children’s book on Florida’s natural and cultural heritage to life. |
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Colorful characters, desparate times—the Civil War unfolded in Florida much differently than in the sister states of the Confederacy, with skirmishes fought in salt marshes, the cavalry saddled up to drive cattle northward to feed hungry soldiers, and Federal gunboats tempting escaped slaves to freedom. |
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A sinkhole is a hole in the ground, but a very special one, appearing anywhere where rock dissolves, allowing the ground above it to sink. |
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