Love in Key West - Behind the Scenes
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Research, you ask?
Research Material and Recommended Reading
Salvaged Love
Bache, Richard Meade. The Young Wrecker on the Florida Reef. Lakeland: The Ketch & Yawl Press 1999
Browne, Jefferson B. Key West The Old and The New. St. Augustine: The Record Company 1912
Burke, J. Wills. The Streets of Key West - A History through Street Names. Sarasota: Pineapple Press, 2004
Caemmerer, Alex. The Houses of Key West. Sarasota: Pineapple Press, 1992
Gutelius, Stone and Varner. True Secrets of Key West Revealed. Key West: Eden Entertainment Limited, Inc. 2003
Maloney, Walter C. A Sketch of the History of Key West, Florida. Gainesville: University of Florida Press 1968
Marvin, William. A Treatise on the Law of Wreck and Salvage. Boston: Little, Brown & Company 1858
Ogle, Maureen. History of an Island of Dreams. Gainesville: University of Florida Press 2003
Tyng, Charles Before the Wind The Memoir of an American Sea Captain, 1808-1833
Viele, John. The Florida Keys - A History of the Pioneers. Sarasota: Pineapple Press, 1996
Viele, John. The Florida Keys Volume 2 - True Stories of the Perilous Straits. Sarasota: Pineapple Press, 1999
Viele, John. The Florida Keys Volume 3 - The Wreckers. Sarasota: Pineapple Press, 2001
Williams, Joy. The Florida Keys A History & Guide. New York: Random House Trade Paperbacks 2003
Windorn and Langley. Yesterday’s Key West. West: Langley Press, Inc. 1973
Websites:
Key West Art & Historical Society http://www.kwahs.org
Wikipedia http://www.wikipedia.org/
Key West Maritime Historical Society http://keywestmaritime.org/
Keys Historeum - Presented by the Historical Preservation Society of the Upper Keys http://www.keyshistory.org/
University of Florida Digital Collections http://ufdc.ufl.edu/my
*Please note this is not meant to be a conclusive list of all websites used for research.
Love Again Many of the above sources plus:
Denham, James M and Huneycutt, Keith L, edited, Echoes from a Distant Frontier, University of South Carolina Press
Hatch, Thom, Osceola and the Great Seminole War, New York: St. Martin’s Press
Missall, John & Mary Lou, Hollow Victory: A Novel of the Second Seminole War, Cocoa,FL:Florida Historical Society Press
Missall, John & Mary Lou, This Miserable Pride of a Soldier, Tampa, FL: University of Tampa Press
Proby, Kathryn Hall, Audubon in Florida, Coral Gables, FL: University of Miami Press
Potter, Woodburne The War in Florida, Dade City, FL: Seminole Wars Foundation, Inc.
Sprague, John T. The Origin, Progress and Conclusion of the Florida War, New York: D. Appleton & Co.
Weisman, Brent Richards, Unconquered People Florida’s Seminole and Miccosukee Indians University Press of Florida
Websites:
Exploring Florida Social Studies Resources for Students and Teachers http://fcit.usf.edu/florida/default.htm
Son of the South http://www.sonofthesouth.net/american-indians/seminole.htm
Exploring Florida http://fcit.usf.edu/florida/default.htm
Monroe Co FLGenWeb https://sites.google.com/site/monroeflgw/
Seminole War http://www.southernhistory.us/index.html
The Seminole Wars Foundation, Inc. http://www.seminolewars.us/
John Horse and the Black Seminoles http://www.johnhorse.com/index.htm
Salvaged Love
Bache, Richard Meade. The Young Wrecker on the Florida Reef. Lakeland: The Ketch & Yawl Press 1999
Browne, Jefferson B. Key West The Old and The New. St. Augustine: The Record Company 1912
Burke, J. Wills. The Streets of Key West - A History through Street Names. Sarasota: Pineapple Press, 2004
Caemmerer, Alex. The Houses of Key West. Sarasota: Pineapple Press, 1992
Gutelius, Stone and Varner. True Secrets of Key West Revealed. Key West: Eden Entertainment Limited, Inc. 2003
Maloney, Walter C. A Sketch of the History of Key West, Florida. Gainesville: University of Florida Press 1968
Marvin, William. A Treatise on the Law of Wreck and Salvage. Boston: Little, Brown & Company 1858
Ogle, Maureen. History of an Island of Dreams. Gainesville: University of Florida Press 2003
Tyng, Charles Before the Wind The Memoir of an American Sea Captain, 1808-1833
Viele, John. The Florida Keys - A History of the Pioneers. Sarasota: Pineapple Press, 1996
Viele, John. The Florida Keys Volume 2 - True Stories of the Perilous Straits. Sarasota: Pineapple Press, 1999
Viele, John. The Florida Keys Volume 3 - The Wreckers. Sarasota: Pineapple Press, 2001
Williams, Joy. The Florida Keys A History & Guide. New York: Random House Trade Paperbacks 2003
Windorn and Langley. Yesterday’s Key West. West: Langley Press, Inc. 1973
Websites:
Key West Art & Historical Society http://www.kwahs.org
Wikipedia http://www.wikipedia.org/
Key West Maritime Historical Society http://keywestmaritime.org/
Keys Historeum - Presented by the Historical Preservation Society of the Upper Keys http://www.keyshistory.org/
University of Florida Digital Collections http://ufdc.ufl.edu/my
*Please note this is not meant to be a conclusive list of all websites used for research.
Love Again Many of the above sources plus:
Denham, James M and Huneycutt, Keith L, edited, Echoes from a Distant Frontier, University of South Carolina Press
Hatch, Thom, Osceola and the Great Seminole War, New York: St. Martin’s Press
Missall, John & Mary Lou, Hollow Victory: A Novel of the Second Seminole War, Cocoa,FL:Florida Historical Society Press
Missall, John & Mary Lou, This Miserable Pride of a Soldier, Tampa, FL: University of Tampa Press
Proby, Kathryn Hall, Audubon in Florida, Coral Gables, FL: University of Miami Press
Potter, Woodburne The War in Florida, Dade City, FL: Seminole Wars Foundation, Inc.
Sprague, John T. The Origin, Progress and Conclusion of the Florida War, New York: D. Appleton & Co.
Weisman, Brent Richards, Unconquered People Florida’s Seminole and Miccosukee Indians University Press of Florida
Websites:
Exploring Florida Social Studies Resources for Students and Teachers http://fcit.usf.edu/florida/default.htm
Son of the South http://www.sonofthesouth.net/american-indians/seminole.htm
Exploring Florida http://fcit.usf.edu/florida/default.htm
Monroe Co FLGenWeb https://sites.google.com/site/monroeflgw/
Seminole War http://www.southernhistory.us/index.html
The Seminole Wars Foundation, Inc. http://www.seminolewars.us/
John Horse and the Black Seminoles http://www.johnhorse.com/index.htm
Extra Tidbits
Click the buttons below for the words and tune to these songs referenced in Salvaged Love and Love Again
The Perrine House on Indian Key
A tidbit about General William Tecumseh Sherman
I found this entry in Hester Perrine Walker's diary interesting since my only knowledge of General Sherman was his destructive march through my home state of Georgia to end the Civil War:
"Long Years after, General Sherman met me at West Point, & said to me, "Mrs. Walker, I was stationed at Indian Key for three years after you left there, and the first thing I did every morning after breakfast, was to walk around upon that stone wall and look down into your living grave. And now whenever you tell your story, I want you to say from me to you, that no matter how exaggerated your story may seem, no one, but one who has stood as I have & looked into that living grave could begin to realize its horrors. You know that I have been in every war, both Indian & Civil since I entered the Service, and I say, there never has been, there never will be, and there never can be, such a marvelous escape from death as yours. It was an escape from death at the hands of the Indians, from fire and from drowning."
I found this entry in Hester Perrine Walker's diary interesting since my only knowledge of General Sherman was his destructive march through my home state of Georgia to end the Civil War:
"Long Years after, General Sherman met me at West Point, & said to me, "Mrs. Walker, I was stationed at Indian Key for three years after you left there, and the first thing I did every morning after breakfast, was to walk around upon that stone wall and look down into your living grave. And now whenever you tell your story, I want you to say from me to you, that no matter how exaggerated your story may seem, no one, but one who has stood as I have & looked into that living grave could begin to realize its horrors. You know that I have been in every war, both Indian & Civil since I entered the Service, and I say, there never has been, there never will be, and there never can be, such a marvelous escape from death as yours. It was an escape from death at the hands of the Indians, from fire and from drowning."
Character Fact or Fiction – here’s a list of who’s real and who’s make believe in Love Again (of course all conversations are fictional unless noted otherwise). I thought it a bit too long to put in the book.
ictional Characters
Theodore Whitmore Henry Whitmore Margaret Whitmore Aunt Agatha Pary Captain Jedidiah Pary Bob and Millicent Jenkins Annalise Lawrence and Katarina Whitmore Mr. Flynn, the archive curator Mr. and Mrs. Howe Captain Blake Betsy Wheeler Ben Wheeler Captain Max and Abigail (Abby) Eatonton and their children Elizabeth in England Victoria and Lord Jason and the Duke and Duchess Jonathon Kent Esperanza Sanchez and her parents Mr. Aronsdale George Casey Mr. Sanderson Mr. and Mrs. Baxley Captain Richard Bennington Private Jones – from first tree clearing Martha Jane and Marilyn Joyce Caldwell Horace and Rachel Brooks and children Tim Sudduth Fish, one of Max's crewmen Private Randolph from Virginia Private Miller Captain Talmage Mrs. Graham and Mrs. Reynolds Fred and Rod Drake Mrs. Tolliver Penny Tolliver Miss Daphne Parker Miss Georgina Alexander Miss Sarah Treadle nephew Aiden Robert Mason Monsieur Marsilios, a French artist Carter Thomas and Maria Captain James Vertiline, Thaddeus, Jessamine, Frederick and Roderick, Sophronia, Gabriel and Zachariah Mr. Curry – Sponge fisher young Joshua Mr. and Mrs. Lambert The Real Indians John Cesear Powell – Osceola Chief Micanopy Chief Charlie Emaltha Coa Hadjo Jumper Abraham Cudjo King Philip Chief Euchee Billy Wild Cat - King Philip's son John Horse Chief John Ross – Cherokee Alligator Chief Tuskegee Chiefs Halleck Hadjo Halleck Tustenuggee Chitto Tustenuggee Hospetarke Chakaika Billy Bow-Legs Sam Jones Coosa Tustenuggee Octiarche – Creek leader, north Florida. Tiger Tail - Muskogee band were near Tallahassee Chipco - Muskogee band north of Lake Okeechobee Billy Bowlegs - Charlotte Harbour Sam Jones - Mikasukis in the Everglades All the places and forts are/were real Real Ships Pride of Baltimore Revenue Cutter Marion Maria Siren's Song (Audubon?) Florida the light-ship at Carysfort Reef Motto Constellation wrecker Pee Dee sloop, Jane sloop Marshall naval schooner, Medium Flirt 
John James Audubon / Unidentified artist / Oil on canvas, c. 1841 / National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
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Real People
John Simonton – island founder William Whitehead Brevet Major James Glassell and his family Commodore Porter Ellen Mallory Stephen Mallory Mr. Fitzpatrick Judge Webb and his wife Dr. Waterhouse and his son Roberts Captain Whalton and his family Miss Ximinez and Miss Breaker Mr. William H Wall Mr. Pinkham Mr. Weaver Amos and Asa Tift Dr. Benjamin Strobel Lieutenant Newcomb District Attorney Chandler Michael "Miguel" Mabrity 1779-1832 Barbara Josefa Mabrity (born Estacholy) 1782-1867 Mabrity Family Nicolosa Mabrity William Bethel Captain McMullin Captain Houseman Caldez – old Spaniard in fishing village Fielding Browne Pardon C. Greene Mr. Smith – contractor Colonel Clinch Gad Humphreys – Indian Agent Governor Duval Sally – slave John Eaton - Secretary of War President Jackson Major John Phagan – Indian Agent Judge Smith Lieutenant John Graham All the Indians are real George Washington Mrs. Fielding Mrs. O'Hara Mr. Chandler General Parker John James Audubon Captain Day of the Marion Henry Ward – Audubon assistant George Lehman – Audubon assistant Reverend Bachman Plato – Audubon’s dog Mr. Eghan of Indian Key, pilot Mr. Ward Sargent Sykes Captain Geiger Captain Noyes of the Paragon Erastus Rogers – trader at Fort King Mr. Fleeming – Key West founder John Whitehead – William’s brother and island founder Edward Leitner – German botanist John Reynolds - Illinois governor General Winfield Scott General Edmund Gaines Abe Lincoln Black Hawk White Cloud Joseph Street – Indian Agent Colonel Zachary Taylor Lieutenant Jefferson Davis Lieutenant Robert Anderson Private Kinsley Dalton General Wiley Thompson Joseph White Captain Jacob Housman Governor Eaton Secretary of War Cass President Andrew Jackson Lieutenant John Graham Reverend Bennett Attorney General Butler Captain Jacob Brown Alden Jackson, Judge Webb's son-in-law Major General Richard K Call Captain Whalton Captain Smithe James and Frances Gardiner and children Lieutenant Smith Captain Lendrum Lieutenant Fanning Major Putnam Captain Anderson of the Motto Marshal Easton Commodore Dallas Mr. Cooley's family Captain Dubois – Cape Florida lighthouse keeper Lieutenant Colonel Crane Captain Ethan Allen Hitchcock General Ethan Allen First Lieutenant James Izard Lieutenant Alvord John Thompson – survivor of lighthouse attack Aaron Carter –victim of lighthouse attack Navy Lieutenant Bache Major General Thomas Jesup Reverend Robert Dyce Major Read Lieutenant Colonel William Harney Captain William Graham (no relation to Lieutenant Graham) Captain Page Gen. Hernandez, commander of the Florida militia Captain Charles Mellon Colonel Shelburne President Van Buren Secretary of War Poinsett Captain Sparks Colonel Richard Gentry Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Thompson Colonel William Foster Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Pierce Lieutenant Levin Powell Mr. Baldwin, Mr. Weaver, Mr. Sawyer and Mr. Fontaine, Tomaso Sachetti Ralph Waldo Emerson Reverend Ford Alexander Macomb, Commanding General of the Army Colonel Richard Fitzpatrick Lieutenant John McLaughlin Mr. Rodolfo – bloodhound trainer Governor Reid Brigadier General Walker Keith Armistead William T. Sherman Walter Maloney Lieutenant Rogers Jacob Housman Dr. Perrine and family Charles Howe and son Ralph Midshipman Murray Glass and Bieglett Mrs. Johnson Mrs. Elliott Smith Joseph Sturdy Motte family Mrs. Gordon Guide John – hunting Chakaika Crazy Jim - James William Colonel William Worth Captain Sprague First Lieutenant George McCall |
