About the Author

Gene Burnett was raised in Tampa and educated in Tallahassee at Florida State University. He served as a reporter and editor with a number of newspapers throughout the state—ranging in size from a small country weekly to the Miami Herald—and was also a freelance writer for many Florida magazines.

Reviews

""Skillful writing, thorough research, and a keen sense of what is of historical consequence.""

"Skillful writing, thorough research, and a keen sense of what is of historical consequence."