When you have a host of great scholars giving you the history of Florida, you know you are getting the latest-greatest research into Florida's past. I have enjoyed reading this book, learning the intricacies and details of how this state evolved to where it is today.If you want to know the history of Florida, I don't think you'll find a better, more thorough book. And if you'd like to also read a great fictional account of "old Florida," I highly recommend "A Land Remembered," as it brings out the "Cracker" era of Florida in a wonderful way.