Lostmans Heritage - by Karen Yvonne Hamilton (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Lostmans Heritage follows the author's journey as she searches for her ancestors from the slave country of Savannah to the wilds of the Florida Everglades. Her story begins with her ancestor, Richard Hamilton, an extraordinary and dangerous man, a man who, against all odds, untangled himself from the bonds of slavery and began a family and a life in the Ten Thousand Islands. Hamilton follows Richard and other island residents to the ending of an era when the National Park Service evicted them all. Along the way she uncovers secrets and stories, polygamy, bootlegging, fist fights, murders, gangsters, killers, and tales of tomahawks and missing school teachers.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>The men and women who settled in the Florida Everglades before the Civil War thrived in an environment that was dangerous and wild and ever changing. While others came and went, the pioneers faced every challenge nature and man threw at them and carried on. They may have migrated from island to island now and again, but the Everglades were their home. And they did what they had to do to survive.Lostmans Heritage follows the author's journey as she searches for her ancestors from the slave country of Savannah to the wilds of the Florida Everglades. Her story begins with her ancestor, Richard Hamilton, an extraordinary and dangerous man, a man who, against all odds, untangled himself from the bonds of slavery and began a family and a life in the Ten Thousand Islands. Hamilton follows Richard and other island residents to the ending of an era when the National Park Service evicted them all. Along the way she uncovers secrets and stories, polygamy, bootlegging, fist fights, murders, gangsters, killers, and tales of tomahawks and missing school teachers. Revised edition.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"First class genealogical record of an incredible family tree. From the hazy depths of one of Florida's most mysterious and celebrated venues comes this story of the dis-enfranchised, who carved out a living and a hard-nosed way of life in the wilderness of the Everglades. The author is a descendant of the hard-scrabble Hamilton clan, whose existence almost made them non-persons because of their ethnicity. Hamilton does a stellar job recounting the stories of her ancestors over generations with candor and first-person recollections. Highly recommended reading! Hard to put down." - Tyrrell L. Armstrong </p><p>"I'm spellbound by Karen Yvonne Hamilton's "Lostmans Heritage: Pioneers in the Florida Everglades." Her years of research, interviews, primary documents, local lore and carefully constructed hypothesis makes this a solid and entertaining book. I was immediately transported into the mysterious Everglades wilderness and immersed in the details of Hamilton's colorful ancestors. This compelling Florida pioneer story reads like a novel, yet it is all true, based on newspaper accounts, government records, depositions and interviews. Hamilton's work is a much needed and welcome addition to South Florida's 19th and early 20th century history. Her clear writing and intimate detail brings readers on a wild journey back in time. Historians, students, genealogists and general readers will all find intrigue and solid information about America's last frontier. This book would also make a fascinating motion picture. It's surprisingly well-crafted, so much so that I'm going to read it twice and recommend it to my college students who may be interested in race relations, swamps, mystery, adventure, and Florida history." - Janet Naughten, professor of history</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><br>
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