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Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve & Fort Caroline National MemorialModern drawing of French arrive by Richard Schlecht
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Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve & Fort Caroline National Memorial
Clash of Cultures Suggested Reading

For Adults:

Bennett, Charles E., Fort Caroline and Its Leader (University Press of Florida, 1976). Reprinted in 1996 by Eastern National.

Bennett, Charles E., Laudonniere and Fort Caroline (University of Alabama Press, 2001).

Brown, Robin C., Florida's First People (Pineapple Press, 1994).

Doney, Meryl, Baskets (Franklin Watts, 1997).

Gannon, Michael, Florida: A Short History (University Press of Florida, 1993).

Judge, Joseph, "Exploring Our Forgotten Century," National Geographic, March 1988.

Laudonniere, Rene, Three Voyages translated with an introduction and notes by Charles E. Bennett (University of Alabama Press, 2001).

Lawson, Sarah, A Foothold in Florida (Somerset, England: Castle Cary Press, 1992).

Lyon, Eugene, Enterprise of Florida (University of Florida Press, 1976).

McGrath, John T., The French in Early Florida: In the Eye of the Hurricane (University Press of Florida, 2000).

Milanich, Jerald T., Florida Indians and the Invasion from Europe (University of Florida Press, 1995).

Milanich, Jerald T., The Timucua (Blackwell Publishers, 1999).

Stowell, Daniel W., Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve Historic Resource Study (National Park Service, Atlanta, 1996).

Ward, James Robertson, Old Hickory's Town: An Illustrated History of Jacksonville (Old Hickory's Town, Inc., 1985).

Waterbury, Jean P., St. Augustine: Saga of Survival (St. Augustine Historical Society, 1982).


For Kids:

Copeland, Peter F., National Parks Coloring Book (Dover Publications, 1993).

Ruehrwein, Richard L., compiler, Discover Florida in the New World (Creative Company, 1997).

Weitzel, Kelley G., Journeys with Florida's Indians (University Press of Florida, 2002).  

Weitzel, Kelley G., The Timucua Indians: A Native American Detective Story (University Press of Florida, 2000).

Male painted bunting, photographed by Roger Clark  

Did You Know?
Painted Buntings return to nest within the boundaries of the Timucuan Preserve each year in late April.
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Last Updated: January 18, 2007 at 10:15 EST