In the Wilds of Florida, W.H.G. Kingston
In the Wilds of Florida, W.H.G. Kingston
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In the Wilds of Florida

Author: W.H.G. Kingston

Narrator: Lorraine Montgomery

Unabridged: 8 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/26/2022


Synopsis

A turn-of-the-century book, In the Wilds of Florida is a tale of an Irish schoolboy who leaves school and his struggling family in Ireland to come to America. He experiences a Florida where fighting still erupts between Cherokee and Seminole Indians, where white people are under threat of Indian attack, and the landscape is mostly swamp or plains of dense brush.

Reviews

Historical account of Florida's early settlers The plot is rather simplistic but the description of how the early settlers lived, travelled and survived was very interesting. I don't know if it depicts these things with 100% accuracy but the difficulties facing travellers due to food spoilage and lac......more