HISTORY OF FLORIDA IN FORTY MINUTES, by Michael Gannon

by Walter Johnson
(Tallahassee, Florida)

This was a delightful book that took me 38 minutes to read, so the title is not at all misleading.

Michael Gannon has a breezy style that held my interest throughout this short book. He really knows what happened in this state.

I already had a basic understanding of Florida history and its timeline, and this book added to that basic knowledge.

It would be nice if each state could have its own "Forty Minute History". We could introduce it into America's public schools and actually graduate kids who know something about our country and its history.

It is pathetic how little our younger citizens know about United States history, let alone Florida.