Born in 1941 of a Hawaiian mother and a white father, Gene H. Bell-Villada, grew up an overseas American citizen. An outsider wherever he landed, he never had a ready answer to the innocuous question "Where are you from?" By the time Bell-Villada was a teenager, he had lived in …
Virtually every month for fourteen years, Gene Burnett wrote a history piece under the title "Florida's Past" for Florida Trend, Florida's respected magazine of business and finance. The first volume of collected essays from that series proved so popular among book readers that …
"Florida has long been viewed as a land of hope and endless possibilities. Visionaries seeking to establish new communities where they could escape the influences of society at large have turned to Florida to construct their utopias from the vast plantations of British philanthr…
The biography of a well-connected, but nearly forgotten American antebellum politician.
The biography of a well-connected, but nearly forgotten American antebellum politician. Cover -- Florida Founder William P. DuVal -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Scion of the Old Dominion -- 2. Soldier and War Hawk Politician -- 3. Judge and …
Each day thousands of revelers trudge down DuVal Street in Florida's Key West, but few know for whom the street is named. In Florida Founder William P. DuVal, James M. Denham provides the first full-length biography of the well-connected, but nearly forgotten frontier politician…
The biography of a well-connected, but nearly forgotten American antebellum politician.
Rubio, U.S. senator and son of Cuban immigrants, tells his "American dream" story as he speaks on the national stage about the challenges we face and the better future that's possible if we return to our founding principles.
Rubio, U.S. senator and son of Cuban immigrants, tells his "American dream" story as he speaks on the national stage about the challenges we face and the better future that's possible if we return to our founding principles.
Few politicians have risen to national prominence as quickly as Marco Rubio. At age forty-one he's the subject of widespread interest and speculation. But he has never before told the full story of his unlikely journey, with all the twists and turns that made him an American son…
Rubio, U.S. senator and son of Cuban immigrants, tells his "American dream" story as he speaks on the national stage about the challenges we face and the better future that's possible if we return to our founding principles.