Florida is a state of transplants. Even people who relocated here
decades ago still claim their birthplace as their home. They might
change their mind if they knew that the Sunshine State owns one of the
richest histories in the nation. Decades before the Pilgrims, the
Spanish celebrated Thanksgiving in Florida. Centuries before the first
St. Patrick's Day Parade in New York, the holiday was celebrated in St.
Augustine, where urban renewal was underway when Jamestown settlers
arrived. Author James Clark offers a lifetime of places to explore and
thousands of facts to fascinate, tracing the state's long history from
Pensacola to the Florida Keys.