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Finding Florida
- The True History of the Sunshine State
- De: T. D. Allman
- Narrado por: James Patrick Cronin
- Duración: 21 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 145
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 125
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 129
Over its long history, Florida has been many things: a native realm protected by geography; a wilderness that ruined Spanish conquistadors; a place to start over; "god's waiting room". With a native population as high as 900,000 (who all died), it became a pestilential backwater with a few thousand inhabitants, but today is our fourth most populous state, with 19 million. The site of vicious racial violence, including massacres, slavery, and the roll-back of Reconstruction, Florida is now one of our most diverse states, a dynamic multicultural place with an essential role in 21st century America.
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1 out of 5 stars
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This book is a piece of pro socialist, social just
- De Benjamin en 03-18-19
- Finding Florida
- The True History of the Sunshine State
- De: T. D. Allman
- Narrado por: James Patrick Cronin
Thick Layers of Smug Obscure Historical Narrative
Revisado: 07-16-24
Florida has a fascinating history, and Allman claims to set out to present that history in a user-friendly way. He aimed to combat dated pop-cultural narratives created by roadside attraction advertisers, and others who stood to profit from a different version of the past. Unfortunately, like so many before him, his ego gets in the way of the truth. Readers are forced to slog through snarky commentary and sloppy attempts to connect hundreds of years of history to the modern meme-borne contemning of the Sunshine State proliferated on social media. This commentary is well narrated by Cronin, whose performance leans into the story's smug tone. As a native-born Floridian and relatively progressive history buff, I found the fumbling critiques throughout this book insufferable, and disappointedly stopped listening after giving it a full 3 hours to prove itself. Do not recommend.
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