Author Archives: Kartik Krishnaiyer
Two great potential holiday gifts
Robert Buccellato discusses two of his recent books published through TFS.
The first underground railroad highlights holiday book idea
This is an excerpt from my book, Florida and the British, before the American Revolution which has just been re-released with an updated and better formatted second edition. King Charles II of Spain in 1693 issued a proclamation “giving liberty to all” runaway slaves provided they converted to Catholicism. It was effectively the response from Spain […]
Holiday Book idea: RUM RUNNERS AND MOONSHINERS OF OLD FLORIDA VOLUME 2
Disclosure: This book is published by TFS’ publishing arm. In Robert Buccallato’s other works about the state we’ve seen the evolution of Florida from small town oriented and reactionary to urban megastate. In Finding Dan McCarty, Buccallato brilliantly articulates an era of Florida politics and growth where the counties of South Florida who were driving the state’s […]
Updated and better organized Florida and the British prior to the American Revolution is now available
The updated, revised and better organized second edition is now available! Just in time for the holidays! Frankly the first edition was put together hastily and looked more like a long dissertation with binding than a proper book with chapters and pictures but this version fixes that in addition to adding more content. https://amzn.to/3VEF3NG
Welcome to Southwest Airlines Orlando “hub”
Southwest Airlines, the US’ largest domestic airline has flown to Orlando since 1996 and has carried the most passengers every single year at the airport since its merger with AirTran in 2013. But now with Southwest getting a makeover thanks in large measure to activist investor Elliot, Orlando is going to look more like a […]
Florida is where runaway slaves made a stand
We’re sharing this excerpt from my most recent book, The American Conquest of Florida. The ultimate showdown over the future of Florida would take place on the banks of the Apalachicola River in Florida’s panhandle. The site is in present day Franklin County. John and Thomas Forbes The Forbes brothers were Scottish traders that took control […]
Rum Runners and Moonshiners of Old Florida- A second batch…the forward
This book is published by our publishing Arm. Order the book here! It’s difficult for modern Floridians to conceive what prohibition was like even with dry counties in the parts of the state persisting into this millennium. It was a different time – a time of intense factionalism and “wets versus dries” defining everything about […]
The 1968 GOP Convention and Miami riots
Less famous than what happened in Chicago at the DNC later that summer , the 1968RNC riots doomed Claude Kirk’s national political ambitions.
The Florida Squeeze 