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Jonathan Dickinson’s Journal  AND The Florida Adventures of Amos Jay Cummings 1873-1893
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• Jonathan Dickinson’s Journal or God’s Protecting Providence, An Early American Castaway Narrative
  First published in 1699, “Jonathan Dickinson’s Journal” is a firsthand account of the 1696 wreck of the ship Reformation, the castaway’s journey up the east coast of Florida, and their encounters with the Indigenous people living there. This narrative has become a valuable resource for historians, archaeologists, ethnographers, and literary scholars. While conducting research at the Pennsylvania Historical Society Archives, co-editor Jason Daniels found this previously unpublished manuscript of the Journal that pre-dates the familiar version published by the Quakers. Edited with a fresh perspective, this book also includes the recently discovered material from 1696.
• The Florida Adventures of Amos Jay Cummings 1873-1893
  Beginning in 1873, the mysterious adventurer “Ziska” wrote newspaper articles about the exciting frontier wilderness of Florida for his readers in New York City. Florida was largely an untamed region with many colorful characters, while New York City was on the cutting edge of innovation with a subway, telephone service, and newspaper readers fascinated by Ziska’s exploits in the wild “land of flowers.” For more than a century, Ziska’s writings were forgotten and undisturbed in the New York Public Library. When eminent Florida archaeologist Jerald T. Milanich discovered the articles, he was determined to find out more about their mysterious author. Ziska turns out to be the pen name of Civil War hero, journalist, Tammany boss, and U.S. Congressman Amos J. Cummings. In this book, Milanich reintroduces readers to the exciting stories of Cummings as he explores the young state of Florida.