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This edition is a photographic facsimile of the First Folio. The editor, Sidney Lee, is believed to be the first to use the word “census” in the context of a bibliography. This was one of the earliest Shakespearian studies to record in detail the…

In this novel, Sterling borrows from the annals of history to recreate her own version of Anne Hathaway’s romance with Shakespeare which is meant to be written from Hathaway’s point of view. Unsuccessful in her efforts to put him off (as Anne…

"In the following years many of the Indians were frequent and welcome visitors to my home in Coconut Grove. They were honest, industrious and admirable people, not a little abused by the first rush frontiersmen who entered Florida and drove them from…

Chief Matlo or Emathla was the oldest of the Miami Seminole war leaders. He became quite fond of Ralph Munroe and visited him often. Munroe noted "the strength and keenness of his face, and the nicety of his dress." - The Commodore's Story by…

Image from page 4 of GMRD Clipper, January 1959. Accompanying text reads in part: "It is common knowledge that Pan Am operates and maintains the 5,000 mile Atlantic Missile Range for the Air Force, stretching from Canaveral to distant Ascension in…