The Plantation

By Raphael Wolftone Quinlivan
Listen with Sir Michael Caine™ and 1,000+ voices
Length15h 4m

About this audiobook

Before the creak of wooden hulls met the horizon, before the glint of Spanish armor pierced the dense foliage, and long before the clamor of European tongues echoed across the shores, this land pulsed with life. It was a land shaped by hands that understood its rhythms, by feet that had trodden its sandy paths for millennia. Here, on the northeastern coast of what would eventually be named Florida, the Timucua people flourished, their existence a testament to a profound and enduring relationship with the earth. The geography that would later cradle the ancient city of St. Augustine was, for the Timucua, not an empty canvas awaiting a colonial brushstroke, but a vibrant, living entity. It was a landscape of shimmering estuaries, vast pine forests, and resilient coastal dunes, each element intricately woven into the fabric of their society. They were not merely inhabitants but stewards, their lives dictated by the ebb and flow of tides, the migrations of game, and the cycles.

Audiobook details

Rating★★★★★ 5.0 (1)
GenreHistory, Literary Classics
Length15 hrs 4 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 1, 2001
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Introduction
2Chapter 1: Echoes from the Ancient City
3Chapter 2: Currents of Change and Conflict
4Chapter 3: The Jacksonville Dawn
5Chapter 4: The Fires of Reconstruction and Beyond
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6Chapter 5: The Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression
7Chapter 6: World War II and the Shifting South
8Chapter 7: The Civil Rights Struggle
9Chapter 8: The Shifting Sands of Modern Florida
10Chapter 9: The Convergence of Cultures
11Chapter 10: The Pursuit of Peace and Reconciliation
12Chapter 11: The Enduring Power of Hope
13Chapter 12: Florida's Evolving Identity
14Chapter 13: The Unfinished Business of History
15Chapter 14: Forging a Shared Horizon
16Chapter 15: The Continuing Tapestry
17Back Matter
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