Florida Fun Facts
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Pineapple Press, Inc.
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Sarasota, Florida
Language: eng
Number of pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9781561643202
Subjects: Florida -- Miscellanea.
Genres: Miscellanea.
Description: From theme parks to ballparks, the quirky to the educational, Miami to Tallahassee—every city and county in Florida are covered in this newly expanded edition:

- What’s responsible for more than 2,800 holes in Palm Beach County?

- Which came first, St. Augustine or Plymouth Rock?

- What’s Osceola County’s biggest city that technically isn’t a city at all?

- Where in Florida can you participate in the King Mango Strut?

- What Oscar-winning actress hails from the small town of Bascom, Florida?

- What’s bigger, Walt Disney World or New York’s Manhattan Island?

It’s everything you need to know about Florida—and more!
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-118) and index.
Table of contents: title: Strange Florida; title: Superlatives and firsts; title: What's in a name?; title: Let's go to the map; title: Business and tourism; title: Sports; title: Let me entertain you; title: People; title: Politics; title: Animal, vegetable, mineral; title: Science, weather, and the environment; title: History : age of exploration (to 1776); title: History : redcoats to rebellion (1776-1861); title: History : Civil War in Florida (1861-1865); title: History : the boom years (1865-1941); title: History : modern Florida (since 1941); title: Florida stew.