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Drawing upon the lore of the true cracker, Vic Knight's Florida points out everything you thought you knew about Florida. Sit back with the wit and wisdom of a tenth-generation native as he tells the real history of the Sunshine State that you didn't learn in school. Covering five centuries of people and events, plus speculations on the next century as well, Vic Knight's Florida spins the yarns that give Florida its unique character. Knight dispels many historical myths, starting with how the name was chosen. Most people, Floridians and foreigners alike, would claim that