Is America's Largest City Also Its Most Misunderstood?
She may have made Queen Victoria weep, written the best-selling book of the 19th century, and been told by Lincoln she was the woman 'that started ...
June 3, 2023
8:10 PM
She may have made Queen Victoria weep, written the best-selling book of the 19th century, and been told by Lincoln she was the woman 'that started this great war,' but my favorite thing about Harriet Beecher Stowe is that she was essentially the original weird Florida attraction. You see, in the years after the Civil War, Stowe moved to Mandarin across the river from Jacksonville. Long before Palm Beach and Miami were twinkles in Henry Flagler's hungry eyes, tourists flocked to the Jacksonville area.
William O’Connor