Costco to Host Book Signing for Local Jacksonville Authors

MT. PLEASANT, S.C. - June 12, 2013 - PRLog -- Many historians believe that Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon was describing the landscape of Ponte Vedra Beach when he first stepped ashore the land that he named La Florida, or “place of flowers.” After exploring the area north of present-day St. Augustine, he proclaimed it a place of lush landscapes and beautiful beaches. Since that day in April 1513, people from all walks of life have delighted in the natural beauty of the area. They were drawn to the charming land for many reasons, but miners who came to dig minerals out of the beach sand were the first to visually capture its history. Those who followed recorded their own history in photographs, and the charm and character of the land is evident in the images that fill this book.

Ponte Vedra Beach
by Maggie FitzRoy, Beaches Museum & History Park
Images of America Series
128 pages/ softcover
 Published: May 7, 2013

Jacksonville’s Consolidation of 1967 marked the end of individual towns in Duval County, but it established Jacksonville, all 840 square miles of it, as the largest city in the continental United States. Jacksonville Revisited is a visual and written documentation of how the city has grown and developed since the introduction of postcard communication. The changes in commerce and landscape are illustrated and preserved through postcards.

Jacksonville Revisited
by Andrew Bachman, Maria E. Mediavilla, Jacksonville Historical Society
Images of America Series
128 pages/ softcover
 Published: April 30, 2007

Journalist and photojournalist Maggie FitzRoy and Beaches Museum & History Park archivist Taryn Rodriguez-Boette selected photographs from the historical society’s collection of thousands of images to tell the story of the Ponte Vedra Beach community’s fascinating past.

Collectors and authors Andrew Bachmann and Maria E. Mediavilla, with the help of the historical society’s Emily Lisska and local historian Dr. Wayne Wood, share their personal postcard collections and take readers on a captivating journey through Jacksonville’s history.

Join the authors for a signing:
Where:  Costco
4901 Gate Parkway, Jacksonville FL 32246
When:  June 15th, 2013; 12:00 —3:00 p.m.

Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing at www.arcadiapublishing.com or (888)-313-2665.  

Arcadia Publishing is the leading publisher of local and regional history in the United States.  Our mission is to make history accessible and meaningful through the publication of books on the heritage of America’s people and places.  Have we done a book on your town?  Visit www.arcadiapublishing.com.