Selected content from Florida, part 2: Diamond ball and the etymology of ‘cracker’
Part two in a series of selected highlights from the Work Project Administration’s Florida guidebook, Florida: a guide to the southernmost state, 1940 (c1939). All content is quoted directly from the Florida guidebook. Any comments in brackets are mine. [These selected excerpts are from the sections on Florida’s folklore history and its sports and recreation activities. The WPA’s take on the…
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