H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) is almost as famous for his letters as for his supernatural fiction. Of the estimated one hundred thousand letters that he wrote, one hundred and fifty-nine of them collected for the first time in this volume were written to Robert H. Barlow (1918-1951). . . . Barlow was only a teenager, living with his family in DeLand, Florida, when the famous writer began corresponding with him. He was enthusiastic for all things related to weird fiction, the pulp magazines and the people who wrote for them, and the emerging community of active fans. Like other fans of the period, Barlow published a fanzine, wrote stories and poems, and even tried his hand at printing. All of these endeavors the equally precocious Lovecraft encouraged. . . . The reader will find references to familiar names like Weird Tales, Robert E. Howard, Clark Ashton Smith, and Harry Houdini. Lovecraft s letters to Barlow record much about that vanished time and prove to be among the liveliest of all his published correspondence. . . . While the letters in this volume touch mainly on literary matters, they also record Lovecraft's love of Florida. He visited the state several times twice as Barlow's guest and was enthralled by the vistas of live oaks and Spanish moss. He occasionally felt homesick for Florida when he was at home in Rhode Island, and he never yearned more to be in the Sunshine State than during cold New England winters. There was no doubt where he wished to be when he addressed a letter to Barlow, during the depths of one winter, as O Floridian More Fortunate than you can Realise. . . . In addition to letters, the reader will find an insightful introduction by the editors providing details and anecdotes about the friendship between Lovecraft and Barlow. The book is further enriched by Barlow's poignant memoir of Lovecraft in Florida, a glossary of notable people mentioned in the letters, autobiographical pieces by Barlow, and an invaluable index.

O FORTUNATE FLORIDIAN

Literature & Fiction

Lovecraft., H.P

United States

Univ of Tampa

Real Women: Of Tampa And Hillsborough County From Prehistory To The Millenium

Biographies & Memoirs

Weatherford, Doris

Community & Culture

Book by Orrick, Bentley, Crumpacker, Harry L.

The Tampa Tribune: A Century of Florida Journalism

Reference

Orrick, Bentley

Crumpacker, Harry L.

Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

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Sawmills, Citrus, Critters & Crackers: Life in Early Lutz and Central Pasco County

History

MacManus, Susan A.

MacManus, Elizabeth Riegler

Americas

Comprising the only known account by a participant of Florida's Second Seminole War (1835-42), this remarkable journal by a West Point graduate, discovered in 1978 in a locked trunk, offers a moving first-hand version of Lt. Prince's wartime experiences. Includes Prince's drawings with the editor's commentary, as well as the editor's foreword and epilogue. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Amidst a Storm of Bullets: The Diary of Lt. Henry Prince in Florida, 1836-1842 (Contribution (Seminole Wars Historic Foundation), No. 1.)

Laumer, Frank

Prince, Henry

Military

Pruitt (surgeon and founder and co-director of the Vascular Institute of Florida) offers an understandable but detailed discussion of the causes of stroke and the latest techniques in prevention, screening, and treatment. Includes a list of questions to ask a surgeon, clear diagrams, and slightly larger-than-usual typeface. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

A Crusade for Stroke Prevention: A Program for Immediate, Aggressive Utilization of New Knowledge and Technology That Could Reduce Strokes by 90 Percent

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Pruitt, J. Crayton

Diseases & Physical Ailments

A Floridian historian traces the founding of Tampa back to 1824 as Fort Brooke, and draws on previously unpublished material on its history up to antebellum days including the Seminole Wars, hurricanes, and dreams of being a railroad town. Includes illustrations of key figures and the original town plan, and a 12-page bibliography. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Tampa Before the Civil War (Tampa Bay History Center Reference Library Series, No. 8)

Brown, Canter

The season is late summer. The cities are Philadelphia and Jerusalem. The wildernesses are desert and mountain. The voices are those of a man and a woman on paths where God and demons are at strife, on public beaches and city streets, in therapists’ offices and synagogues, in the Jersey Pine Barrens and at the Western Wall, at klezmer concerts and supermarkets, on boulevards, and in backyards and beds. Lament, lure, confession, enjoinder, boast, prayer, plea—the poems in Richard Chess’s Chair in the Desert pick up where he left off in Tekiah, his first book. These new poems invite us to rise and tremble in the presence of the new day and to make of our midnight wrestling and restlessness a psalm.

Chair in the Desert: Poems

Chess, Richard

Poetry

For more than a century, the name Barnett was synonymous with Florida banking. From its humble beginnings in 1877, Barnett Bank grew to be the largest and most dominant banking organization in the state. The bank, and the remarkable executives who led it, made significant contributions not only to the growth of Jacksonville, its headquarters city, but also to the economic development of Florida and the evolution of the American banking industry. 
After surviving countless challenges— from yellow fever epidemics and the great 1901 Jacksonville fire to the perilous Depression times of the 1930s and the real-estate lending crises of the 1970s and 1990s — Barnett finally succumbed to the merger frenzy that overwhelmed the banking industry. When NationsBank purchased Barnett in 1999, it represented the most expensive bank acquisition in U.S. history. 
But the Barnett name did not fade away. Instead, in an unprecedented action for a large, publicly owned company, a group of senior officers organized a non-profit corporation — the Barnett Historic Preservation Foundation, Inc. _ to preserve and publicize the company’s historic legacy. One result of the Foundation’s activities is this detailed history of the most important financial institution ever headquartered in Florida.

Barnett: The Story of Florida's Bank

Ginzl, David J.

Business & Money

The beauty of John Willis Menard¹s poetry in Lays in Summer Lands stands out today just as it did when first published in 1879.Here, the weight of human experience and observation is transformed into lyrical delight and meaningful insights that continue to resonate generations after their creation.But, that is not all. Among the surprises that greet the reader of these poems is that their author was an African American and a Floridian who chose to offer his intimate thoughts, dreams, aspirations, and frustrations to a nation then entering the twilight years of its experience with social and political Reconstruction.The first African American elected to the United States Congress, Willis Menard turned his disappointment at rejection by his congressional peers into a fruitful career as a political advocate, public official, journalist, editor, and author. In the process, he influenced Florida¹s evolution while reaching a national and international audience.In these pages for the first time since their original publication, the poems of Lays in Summer Lands are reprinted in their entirety. Two noted historians of Florida and African American experience, Larry Eugene Rivers and Canter Brown Jr., have related Menard¹s story and examined the importance of poetry to his world, while award-winning literature professor Richard Mathews has contributed an intriguing essay on the profound depth and implications of the poet¹s work.Delight in these beautiful poems as you cast yourself back well over a century. At the same time, thrill to the enjoyment and insight they bring today.

Lays in Summer Lands

Rivers, Larry Eugene

Menard, John Willis

Mathews, Richard

History & Criticism

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