Covering everything from Acadians to Yellow Fever, Bernard Romans exhaustively addressed daily life in Florida and minutelydescribed its natural features-but he also did much more.
He was copious inconveying the manners and customs of the native Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Creek Indians, including, despite their bad traits, one common outstanding virtue: hospitality.
Romans also notes the habits and character of the colonists andcomments on the prevalence of drinking.
By focusing his attention on even themost minute detail, Romans has given us a fascinating, true account of early Florida.
According to the Library of Congress, the variety of natural, aboriginal, historic, and miscellaneous information which the book]graphically gives is far more original than a great many pioneerhistories.
Originally published in 1775, this rare work was firstreprinted by Pelican in 1961.
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Firebird Press A concise natural history of east & west florida, paperback/bernard romans
