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Title: In the Wilds of Florida
A Tale of Warfare and Hunting

Author: W.H.G. Kingston

Illustrator: John S. Davis

Release Date: February 8, 2008 [EBook #24547]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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In the Wilds of Florida, by W.H.G. Kingston.

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In this book by Kingston we are introduced to Florida in the mid-19th
century, when the tail-end of the wars between the Cherokee and Seminole
Indians was still rumbling on, and the white man was still occasionally
disturbed by attacks by Indians.

Large areas of the territory are swamp, water, and densely overgrown
plains. All this is described in detail.

Our hero this time is a "school-leaver" from Ireland, whose father seems
to have had just one too many sons for him to be able to provide for all
of them. His estate is a little encumbered by debt: he is what was
known as a squireen. While trying to make up his mind what to do the
boy decides to visit relatives in the USA, and that is why he went to
Florida.

It must be said that he appeared quite thankful to get back more or less
in one piece!

As an audiobook this will play for about ten hours.

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IN THE WILDS OF FLORIDA, BY W.H.G. KINGSTON.

CHAPTER ONE.

WITHOUT A PROFESSION--AN IRISH "SQUIREEN"--NEWS FROM ABROAD--UNCLE
NICHOLAS AND HIS FAMILY--PREPARATIONS FOR THE VOYAGE--TIM FLANAGAN--
PARTING CALLS--ON BOARD THE "LIBERTY"--OUR FELLOW-PASSENGERS--
TABLE-TALK--A FRIENDLY HINT--A SAIL ON THE STARBOARD BOW--MONSIEUR
LEJOILLIE--LITTLE PAUL OVERBOARD--GALLANTRY OF ROCHFORD--THE LION OF THE
DAY.

I had just left school, in a very undecided state of mind as to what
profession I should select. The honest truth is, that I had no great
fancy for one more than for another. I should have preferred that of a
gentleman at large, with an independent fortune. But it had been so
ordained that I