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Jonathan Dickinson

A shipwreck and survival during the last days of Spanish Florida

by James D. Snyder ...

Jonathan Dickinson's heroic tale of shipwreck survivors struggling amid "cannibals" and "savages" on Florida's east coast became a 17th century best seller, But Dickinson was also witness to the last days of Spanish Florida and its Native Americans. In this revealing book, journalist-historian James D. Snyder narrates the journey in modern English then sheds light on some critical questions: Why ... Read more

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Jonathan Dickinson's heroic tale of shipwreck survivors struggling amid "cannibals" and "savages" on Florida's east coast became a 17th century best seller, But Dickinson was also witness to the last days of Spanish Florida and its Native Americans. In this revealing book, journalist-historian James D. Snyder narrates the journey in modern English then sheds light on some critical questions: Why
... Read more
The Music Makers

A novel about the death and re-birth of freedom

by James D. Snyder ...

Like frogs in a simmering cauldron, We The People stare dumbly into our smartphones as autocrats slowly turn up the heat. The Music Makers tells the story of how the end result - dictatorship - smothered the lives of ordinary East Berliners and how they struggled be free of it. The story unfolds as Greta, a civics teacher known for her eccentricities, spots a man playing an old-fashioned barrel ... Read more

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Like frogs in a simmering cauldron, We The People stare dumbly into our smartphones as autocrats slowly turn up the heat. The Music Makers tells the story of how the end result - dictatorship - smothered the lives of ordinary East Berliners and how they struggled be free of it. The story unfolds as Greta, a civics teacher known for her eccentricities, spots a man playing an old-fashioned barrel
... Read more
Life & Death on the Loxahatchee, The Story of Trapper Nelson

by James D. Snyder ...

He began life as the sickly son of a landless Polish immigrant. In the next sixty years he was to wrest from the wilderness a thousand acres along Florida's most breathtaking jungle river. At age 25 Vince Nelson "disappeared" up the wild and scenic Loxahatchee to escape the glare of publicity after his brother had killed a fellow trapper in a dispute over money. After carving our a cabin, dock and ... Read more

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He began life as the sickly son of a landless Polish immigrant. In the next sixty years he was to wrest from the wilderness a thousand acres along Florida's most breathtaking jungle river. At age 25 Vince Nelson "disappeared" up the wild and scenic Loxahatchee to escape the glare of publicity after his brother had killed a fellow trapper in a dispute over money. After carving our a cabin, dock and
... Read more
A Light in the Wilderness:

The Story of Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & Southeast Florida Frontier

by James D. Snyder ...

Fort Jupiter and the "Military Trail" of garrisons forged in the wild to push the resourceful Seminole Indians deep into the Everglades. How the army built two camps on the Loxahatchee and tried to open the fickle Jupiter Inlet with shovels and rakes. The wreckers of Key West. How they provided the only lifesaving service available to imperiled ships. How they incensed maritime insurers and why ... Read more

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Fort Jupiter and the "Military Trail" of garrisons forged in the wild to push the resourceful Seminole Indians deep into the Everglades. How the army built two camps on the Loxahatchee and tried to open the fickle Jupiter Inlet with shovels and rakes. The wreckers of Key West. How they provided the only lifesaving service available to imperiled ships. How they incensed maritime insurers and why
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Life and Death on the Loxahatchee

The Story of Trapper Nelson

by James D. Snyder ...

The son of a Polish immigrant, Vince Nataulkiewicz would drop out of school, ride the rails out West and change his name Nelson when finally settling along Florida's most breathtaking jungle river. In the next four decades he'd become a man of many faces: trapper, hunter, alligator wrestler, zookeeper, celebrity host, snake charmer, woman charmer, voracious reader. Along the way, this real-life ... Read more

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The son of a Polish immigrant, Vince Nataulkiewicz would drop out of school, ride the rails out West and change his name Nelson when finally settling along Florida's most breathtaking jungle river. In the next four decades he'd become a man of many faces: trapper, hunter, alligator wrestler, zookeeper, celebrity host, snake charmer, woman charmer, voracious reader. Along the way, this real-life
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Amelia's Gold

A novel of romance, ruin, resolve and redemption in the American Civil War

by James D. Snyder ...

September 3, 1864, 4 a.m. Somewhere off the Coast of North Carolina The sleek Sea Breeze, staggered by the blockader's fusillade, now leaned like a drunk on a lamp post. Fireworks spewed from the engine room. Then it vanished under the waves, the gold in its hold plunging towards Blackbeard's wreck whence it was wrested many years before. Now… only a lifeboat with six survivors, all lost in the ... Read more

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September 3, 1864, 4 a.m. Somewhere off the Coast of North Carolina The sleek Sea Breeze, staggered by the blockader's fusillade, now leaned like a drunk on a lamp post. Fireworks spewed from the engine room. Then it vanished under the waves, the gold in its hold plunging towards Blackbeard's wreck whence it was wrested many years before. Now… only a lifeboat with six survivors, all lost in the
... Read more
A Visitor’s Guide to Jonathan Dickinson State Park

by James D. Snyder ...

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 Nelson, the legendary recluse whose camp is now one of the park's main attractions. Chapter 2 ... Read more

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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 Nelson, the legendary recluse whose camp is now one of the park's main attractions. Chapter 2
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The Faith and the Power: The Inspiring Story of the First Christians

And How They Survived the Madness of Rome

by James D. Snyder ...

What was it that enabled a few thousand "Jesus followers" to win hearts and minds in an empire entrenched with pagan gods and temples? Why did the Jewish authorities continue to persecute the apostles after Jesus? What forced the Jews into a suicidal rebellion against Rome and why did it allow the Christians to shed their Jewish identity? The years A.D. 31-71 were among the most turbulent in human ... Read more

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What was it that enabled a few thousand "Jesus followers" to win hearts and minds in an empire entrenched with pagan gods and temples? Why did the Jewish authorities continue to persecute the apostles after Jesus? What forced the Jews into a suicidal rebellion against Rome and why did it allow the Christians to shed their Jewish identity? The years A.D. 31-71 were among the most turbulent in human
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The Cross and the Mask

How the Spanish 'Discovered' Florida - and a Proud Native Nation

by James D. Snyder ...

When Spanish settlers first arrived on the shores of ''La Florida' in 1565, they would soon be immersed in one of the most dramatic struggles in human history. At first Florida seemed so inviting. A virgin tropical wilderness would be settled and cultivated to yield riches rivaling the bounty of gold and silver that treasure ships already brought back from Mexico and South America. And, the ... Read more

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When Spanish settlers first arrived on the shores of ''La Florida' in 1565, they would soon be immersed in one of the most dramatic struggles in human history. At first Florida seemed so inviting. A virgin tropical wilderness would be settled and cultivated to yield riches rivaling the bounty of gold and silver that treasure ships already brought back from Mexico and South America. And, the
... Read more
All God’s Children

by James D. Snyder ...

How did a small band of Jesus followers spring from Judaism and expand across the Roman world? What made the Jews rebel against Roman rule despite impossible odds? Why did Rome almost self-destruct just a few years after reaching the height of its glory? At last, history’s least understood era is revealed in this riveting epic. ... Read more

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How did a small band of Jesus followers spring from Judaism and expand across the Roman world? What made the Jews rebel against Roman rule despite impossible odds? Why did Rome almost self-destruct just a few years after reaching the height of its glory? At last, history’s least understood era is revealed in this riveting epic.
... Read more
The Music Makers

A novel about the death and re-birth of freedom

by James D. Snyder ...

Like frogs in a simmering cauldron, We The People stare dumbly into our smartphones as autocrats slowly turn up the heat. The Music Makers tells the story of how the result - dictatorship - smothered the lives of ordinary East Berliners and how they struggled be free of it.The story unfolds as Greta, a civics teacher known for her eccentricities, spots a man playing an old-fashioned barrel organ ... Read more

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Like frogs in a simmering cauldron, We The People stare dumbly into our smartphones as autocrats slowly turn up the heat. The Music Makers tells the story of how the result - dictatorship - smothered the lives of ordinary East Berliners and how they struggled be free of it.The story unfolds as Greta, a civics teacher known for her eccentricities, spots a man playing an old-fashioned barrel organ
... Read more
A Light in the Wilderness

The Story of Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse and the Southeast Florida Frontier

by James D Snyder ...

You can't miss the red tower when at Jupiter Inlet in Florida. But many passers-by are unaware that it sits atop a hill that marked the confluence of two waterways that was the center of 5,000 years of Indian civilization. It would later draw a succession of Spanish, English, Seminole Indians, and American soldiers. When the lighthouse was built in 1860, it became a hub for builders, surveyors, ... Read more

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You can't miss the red tower when at Jupiter Inlet in Florida. But many passers-by are unaware that it sits atop a hill that marked the confluence of two waterways that was the center of 5,000 years of Indian civilization. It would later draw a succession of Spanish, English, Seminole Indians, and American soldiers. When the lighthouse was built in 1860, it became a hub for builders, surveyors,
... Read more

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