Monthly Archives: January 2024
Fort Brickell
On this past week’s Florida History Podcast we discussed Miami’s Fort Brickell and its role in the Spanish-American War of 1898 You can listen to the Florida History Podcast on Anchor (which hosts our show), Spotify, Google, Apple Podcasts, Radio Public, Breaker, Overcast, Castro or Pocket Casts. Overcast, Castro, Spotify, Radio Public and Breaker have App Store apps for free which enable you to subscribe and […]
The American Conquest of Florida is now for sale in hardcover!
Buy your copy here! Introduction to the book: In 2023, Ridley Scott directed a film about Napoleon that was a box-office sensation. The resulting revival in the interest in the Wars of the French Revolution and Napoleon corresponds nicely with the issuing of this third and final volume of the Albion Florida series. This is […]
Where do Spirit and JetBlue go from here?
As most of you have no doubt read a judge earlier this week blocked the JetBlue-Spirit merger from moving forward. The suit filed by the Department of Justice was on antitrust grounds. From my vantage point, having seen the Obama Justice Department not oppose the Southwest-AirTran merger and then seeing air fares rise as a […]
DeSantis Ambushed and Humiliated by Troll at Iowa Caucus
Our friends at BlueAmp Channel take on Governor DeSantis in the wake of his humiliating Iowa performance.
Jefferson, Madison, Monroe and Jackson – The American Conquest of Florida : Hardcover release is Friday
Presidents Jefferson, Madison, Monroe and General Andrew Jackson were all obsessive about Florida. Between 1784 and 1819, several armed conflicts took place in Florida which involved the natives, runaway slaves, the British, the Spanish and of course the Americans. In this book we take a comprehensive deep-dive into Florida’s eventual conquest by the United States […]
Keen HD-35 triumph has several positive signs for Democrats
Tom Keen’s Special Election victory in HD-35 was huge for Florida Democrats. To get a better picture of the breakdown in votes go to Matt Isbell’s indispensable MCI Maps and his breakdown of the race. I’ve been focused on the release of my latest book in hardcover on Friday (The American Conquest of Florida, Kindle […]
The curious case of David Ingram – the first Englishman in Florida
David Ingram claimed to be the first Englishman to set foot in Florida. Here is a short excerpt from my book Florida and the British Prior to the American Revolution (Albion Florida Book 1) A curious English traveler by the name of David Ingram claims to have hiked America in the 16th Century. In his […]
Dr. King and LBJ
On this MLK Day, it is important to think about a time when a southern President who prior to 1957, had opposed Civil Rights effectively partnered with Martin Luther King Jr. The amount of scholarship developed along with screenplays/movies about this period has exploded recently. This also helps explain the gradual shift in terms of […]
Dr. King and Florida The St Augustine Campaign and the 1964 Civil Rights Act
In commemoration of Martin Luther King Day 2021, it is timely to recall the critical role Florida played in the passage of Civil Rights legislation- specifically St Augustine which the epicenter of MLK Jr. and Southern Christian Leadership Council (SLC) activity during the Senate filibuster of the historic Civil Rights Act of 1964. Listen: The Florida […]
Dr King and Florida: Andrew Young Crossing
In the past we have discussed the critical importance of Martin Luther King Jr’s St Augustine campaign and its impact on the 1964 Civil Rights Act. In 2011, the City of St Augustine dedicated a memorial to the steps taken by one of King’s right-hand men, future Congressman, UN Ambassador and Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young. Here is […]
The Florida Squeeze 