Your interest is most intriguing. I grew very fascinated in Florida history, because the deeper I researched the more it seemed estranged from the facts. John Bemrose was a product of the time more interested in medicine than politics and of course a stranger to Florida and the USA. When I was introducing my book I thought from an interest standpoint how it could be a good adventure read for schoolboys, but nothing came of it - the bureaucracy has its own set of rules. Though the book was published by the Florida Historical Society I was unable to introduce it into any Florida public library - as another victim of the Covid plague.
Randal, I found your grandfather's book fascinating. Not just for his depictions of the people in the war, but for his attitudes and opinions on America generally. Like an English de Tocqueville. He comes back time and again to slavery in America. He is disgusted by it but also just confused as to how one people can treat another that way. If America could just get over it, he seems to say, and embrace the gifts of all people, what a wonderful place it would be. Still, he doesn't have much to say about the moral rectitude of the Indian Removal project. I hope your book gets the attention it deserves.
This is so fascinating and just horrible how it happened. Thank you for such an enjoyable read of such important history. I really enjoy your point of view and perspective.
Your interest is most intriguing. I grew very fascinated in Florida history, because the deeper I researched the more it seemed estranged from the facts. John Bemrose was a product of the time more interested in medicine than politics and of course a stranger to Florida and the USA. When I was introducing my book I thought from an interest standpoint how it could be a good adventure read for schoolboys, but nothing came of it - the bureaucracy has its own set of rules. Though the book was published by the Florida Historical Society I was unable to introduce it into any Florida public library - as another victim of the Covid plague.
Randal, I found your grandfather's book fascinating. Not just for his depictions of the people in the war, but for his attitudes and opinions on America generally. Like an English de Tocqueville. He comes back time and again to slavery in America. He is disgusted by it but also just confused as to how one people can treat another that way. If America could just get over it, he seems to say, and embrace the gifts of all people, what a wonderful place it would be. Still, he doesn't have much to say about the moral rectitude of the Indian Removal project. I hope your book gets the attention it deserves.
This is so fascinating and just horrible how it happened. Thank you for such an enjoyable read of such important history. I really enjoy your point of view and perspective.