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From Spanish origins and open-range cattle culture to international trade, near-extinction, and preservation of Florida's heritage cattle breed.
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Published Florida Learning Hub History Titles
Catalog audit: nine Florida Learning Hub history titles are in the published KDP program. Retail links and individual cover images will be added as each listing and web-ready cover asset is confirmed.
FLORIDA LEARNING HUBBEFORE TEXASFlorida's First Cattle Empire
Before Texas: Florida's First Cattle Empire
Florida's cattle story began centuries before the great cattle drives of the American West.
FLORIDA LEARNING HUBCAPTAIN JIM McMULLENand the Pinellas Peninsula
Captain Jim McMullen and the Pinellas Peninsula
A pioneer Florida story rooted in Pinellas, cattle, settlement, family, and the frontier community that became modern Pinellas County.
FLORIDA LEARNING HUBDANIEL “UNCLE DAN” McMULLENand the Building of Largo
Daniel “Uncle Dan” McMullen and the Building of Largo
The story of one of the pioneer figures connected to the growth of the Largo community and early Pinellas.
FLORIDA LEARNING HUBDR. HOWELL TYSON LYKESand Florida's Cattle Trade
Dr. Howell Tyson Lykes and Florida's Cattle Trade
Florida cattle, shipping, family enterprise, and the beginnings of a ranching and commercial legacy.
FLORIDA LEARNING HUBPUNTA RASSAFlorida's Cattle Port to Cuba
Punta Rassa: Florida's Cattle Port to Cuba
The Gulf Coast port that connected Florida cattlemen to the Cuban market and helped shape the state's nineteenth-century cattle economy.
FLORIDA LEARNING HUBBONE MIZELLFlorida Cattle Country
Bone Mizell
A Florida cattle-country figure whose life became part history, part legend, and part enduring Florida folklore.
FLORIDA LEARNING HUBCAPTAIN JAMES McKAYand the Cuba Cattle Trade
Captain James McKay and the Cuba Cattle Trade
The Scottish mariner and Tampa cattleman who helped establish organized cattle commerce between Florida and Cuba.
Read the Free FLH ArticleFLORIDA LEARNING HUBJACOB SUMMERLINThe Rise of Florida's Cattle Kingdom
Jacob Summerlin — The Rise of Florida's Cattle Kingdom
One of Florida's best-known nineteenth-century cattlemen and the expanding cattle economy that made fortunes before western cattle drives became iconic.
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As the KDP listings complete publication and the final cover images are prepared for the website, each title will receive its actual book cover and direct retail information here. Future Florida Learning Hub history series will also live in this book catalog—not in the FLH Article Library or Classroom Resources catalog.
Before There Were Highways and Subdivisions.