The Streetcars of Florida's First Coast - New MJ Book!

[Metro Jacksonville]

The Streetcars of Florida's First Coast - New MJ Book!



The Streetcars of Florida's First Coast,
Metro Jacksonville's third book, published by Charleston, SC-based History Press is now available for pre-release orders at MJ. Order yours now!

Read More: http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2014-oct-the-streetcars-of-floridas-first-coast-new-mj-book

[thelakelander]

Pretty cool Bob.  I know it's taken a few years for you to pull this together.   I can't wait to read it. I'll be reserving my autographed copy today.

[Tacachale]

Looks really cool. Just in time for Christmas shopping...

[Ocklawaha]

Thank's guys, of course transportation is a passion... from crosswalks to railroads. It really is way more then just a trolley tale, with all of the riots, storms, plagues, fire, war and civil rights struggle wrapped very tightly around the tracks, add to that FBI records of conspiracy and you've got a pretty wild tale. Besides that, who would have thunk it? Green Cove Street Railway!?! 

[thelakelander]

Did you cover the streetcar boycotts?

[spuwho]

You can preview the book at Google Books.

http://books.google.com/books?output=html_text&id=c8WwBAAAQBAJ&dq=The+Streetcars+of+Florida%27s+First+Coast&q=1

About 10% of the book including many of the photos are there.

[Ocklawaha]

Yes Lake, the boycott's are in there including some pretty funny stuff from the women of color! Also the union movement which was actually spearheaded by the carpenters local, a minority union that helped the streetcar men raise hell. The best part of the story is the fact that the Traction company or the earlier street railways wanted no part of an Jim Crow laws and in fact it was never rigidly enforced on Jacksonville's streetcars.

[Ocklawaha]

I will be speaking at the Durkeeville on the history of the streetcar system.

THURS. evening at 6pm

Durkeeville Historical Society
1293 W. 19th Street
Jacksonville, FL 32209
Phone: (904) 598-9567

[ronchamblin]

If anyone wants a copy of "Streetcars of Florida's First Coast, we have some at both stores now.  Chamblin Bookmine at Roosevelt and Chamblin's Uptown at Laura.