| Where Dolphins Fly: New Smyrna Journals of Capt. Douglas Dummett 1806-1873 Contributor(s): Keeley, Jenny Conner (Author) |
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ISBN: 1478793783 ISBN-13: 9781478793786 Publisher: Outskirts Press OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 6" W x 9" (0.99 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War - Cultural Region - South |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A lone crypt inscribed "Sacred to the Memory, Charles Dummett 1844-1860" rests in the middle of a shady street in New Smyrna. The quiet beachside neighborhood is the former site of his father's riverfront plantation; Mount Pleasant. The cracked, marble-topped vault holds a family story of pioneer grit and courage in wild and dangerous jungles of territorial Florida; the chaotic settlement of New Smyrna through grisly Seminole Wars, and a divisive, bloody Civil War. Based on the life of Yale educated Douglas Dummett, originator of the Indian River citrus strain; he was a judge, Territorial and State Representative, and leader of the mounted militia...'The Moskito Roarers'. Set within an historical timeline in the age of Osceola, this is a local story of the Old South; triumph and loss, slavery and survival...and family secrets of forbidden love. This is where it happened, on this white sand tropical island paradise of New Smyrna Beach, Florida...where dolphins fly |
