It will be this Saturday (December 1st) at Chipola River Book and Tea on Lafayette Street in downtown Marianna (right across the street from the Battle of Marianna monument).
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Thursday, November 29, 2007
Book signing on Saturday
It will be this Saturday (December 1st) at Chipola River Book and Tea on Lafayette Street in downtown Marianna (right across the street from the Battle of Marianna monument).
Annual cane grinding scheduled for Saturday
The event has been going for about a decade and a half now and features authentic grinding of sugar cane, once an annual ritual in the South. The cane juice is cooked down to make syrup.
The event also includes arts and crafts and will be underway all through Saturday morning and lunchtime, so make a point of stopping by!
Monday, November 26, 2007
Childhood home of Faye Dunaway
Friday, November 23, 2007
Book Signing scheduled for December 1st
If you would like to obtain autographed copies of my book Two Egg, Florida: A Collection of Ghost Stories, Legends and Unusual Facts, I will be at Chipola River Book and Tea for a book signing on Saturday, December 1st. They are located on Lafayette Street in downtown Marianna (in the same block as the Gazebo restaurant) and directly across the street from the Battle of Marianna monument.
The event begins at 10 a.m. and will continue until 2 p.m. or until the books sell out. Copies of my other books, The Battle of Marianna, Florida and The Battle of Natural Bridge, Florida will also be available.
If you would like to have copies specially inscribed as Christmas gifts, I'll be glad to do so.
The book includes, of course, a history of Two Egg, as well as the stories behind the stories of a number of other popular Northwest Florida legends. Included are:
- Two Egg, Florida
- The Ghost of Bellamy Bridge
- The Legend of Two Toed Tom (Northwest Florida's famed alligator monster)
- The Garden of Eden
- The Washington County Volcano
- The Fiddling Ghost of Boynton Island
- Jackson County's Pirate Treasure
- The Bible of St. Luke's Episcopal Church
- The Battle of Vernon
- The West Florida Swamp Booger (Bigfoot)
- The Story of Milly Francis
- Florida's Underground Wonderland
- Andrew Jackson and the Natural Bridge
Due to my health, this is the only signing I have scheduled for December. If you can't make it, but would like to have an autographed copy, they can be ordered at http://www.exploresouthernhistory.com/. As long as you order by December 15th, they will make it in time for Christmas. After the 15th, I can't promise.
Non-autographed copies are in stock and available for pre-Christmas delivery at http://www.amazon.com/, http://www.barnesandnoble.com/ and http://www.target.com/.
Friday, November 16, 2007
River Wars will impact Two Egg
Monday, November 12, 2007
Two Egg, Florida book now in national release
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Passing the torch...
To help get him started, I'm in the process of handing over a number of manuscripts that I finished over the last ten years. He has begun working on editing them and will begin putting them into print over the next few years. He is also looking for additional works by nonfiction writers, with a special emphasis on lesser known yet significant historical events. For more information, you can email me at dalecox@twoeggfla.com with your inquiry and I'll be glad to pass it along.
I'm really proud to see him giving this a chance. As my last three books (The Battle of Marianna, Florida, Two Egg, Florida and The Battle of Natural Bridge, Florida) have demonstrated, there is definitely a market for well-researched books on Florida and Southern history. Those of you who know me are aware of my health situation. I'm no longer able to do the research and writing I would like to do, so it is great to see him take interest in my unpublished work.
The first of the new books, The Battle of Massard Prairie: The 1864 Confederate Attack on Fort Smith, Arkansas, should be out in December.
He'll have a website up soon, and I'll pass that along as soon as it is ready to go.
Monday, November 5, 2007
The Ghost of Bellamy Bridge
The truth behind the story might surprise you, so take a look!