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Available at: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fhq/vol78/iss3/1 Society: Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 78, Number 3 Published by STARS, 1999 1 Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 78 [1999], No. 3, Art. 1 The Florida Historical Quarterly Publi shed quarte rly by th Florida Historical Socie ty Craig Tho mpso n Frie nd, Editor Samuel Procto r, editor Emeritus ancy Rau ch e r, Editorial Assistant judith Beale, Graduate Assistant Editorial Advisory Board Raym o nd O . Arsenault, U nive r ity of outh Florida, St. P te rsburg Wi ll iam . Coker, Unive rsity of We t Florida David R. Colburn, niv r ity of Florida jam s B. Crooks, n ive r ity of o rth Florida james Cusick, Un iver ity of Florida Kathleen Deagan , nive rsity of Florida Wayne Flynt, uburn niversity Kari Fred erickson , Univer ity of Alabama Maxin D.J on es, Flo rida State U nive rsity Ha rry . K rsey, jr., Flo rida Atlantic U niversity j a ne La nde r , Va nde rbil t U n ive rsity Euge n e Lyo n , Flagl r Coll ege John K. 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Minchin 331 Exhibition R vi w 360 Book R views 365 Book Notes 400 Florida History Re arch in Progress 405 History New 415 Cover Illu tration: The Fleisch r ' fir t f, ature length cartoon was Gulliver's Travels in 1939. Ani from New York and California converged in the Fleischer' Miami tudio to create the film's characters, including the arly k tche of townspeople. COU1tesy of Donna Dial. Copyright 2000 by th Florida Historical Society, Melbourne, Fla. Published by STARS, 1999 3 Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 78 [1999], No. 3, Art. 1 Book Reviews JamesJ. Miller, An Environmental History of Northeast Florida by Bruce R. Stephenson Elizabeth Riegl r MacManu and Susan A. MacManus, Citrus, Sawmills, Critters, Crackers: Life in Early Lutz and Central Pasco County by Charle W. Arnade Victor Andr s Triay, Fleeing Castro: Operation Pedro Pan and the Cuban Children's Program by William Marina William P. Cumming, The Southeast in Early Maps by M aghan N. Duff Lawrence E. Babits, A Devil of a Whipping: The Battle of Cowpens by layton E. J wett J o eph Allan Frank, With Ballot and Bayonet: The Political Socialization ofAmerican Civil War Soldiers by Canter BrownJr. J ames Martin, The Children's Civil War by Le ley J . Gordon Lesl yJ. Gordon, General George E. Pickett in Life and Legend by Paul Christopher Anderson Che t r G. Hearn, Admiral David Glasgow Farragut: The Civil War Years by Charles M. Hubbard J. Tracy Power, Lee's Miserables: Life in the Army of Northern Virginia from the Wilderness to Appomattox by John M. Belohlavek Charles M. Hubbard, The Burden of Confederate Diplomacy by Gregory Louis Mattson Karin A. Shapiro, A New South Rebellion: The Battle Against Convict Labor in the Tennessee Coalfields, 1871-1896 by Matthew Hild https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fhq/vol78/iss3/1 4 Society: Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 78, Number 3 Allan G. Bogue, FrederickJackson Turner: Strange Road Going Down by Shirley Leckie Wayne Flyn t, Alabama Baptists: Southern Baptists in the Heart of Dixie by J oseph W. CreechJr. Margaret Anne Barne , The Tragedy and the Triumph ofPhenix City, Alabama by J eff Fred rick Garry Boulard, Huey Long Invades New Orleans: The Siege of a City,1934-1936 by Gordon E. Harv y J anet L. Coryell, Marth a H. Swain, Sandra Gioia Treadway, and Elizabeth H ayes Turner, eds., Beyond Image and Convention: Explorations in Southern Women's History by Christine Jacobson Carter Matthew D. Lasiter and And rew B. Lewis, eds., The Moderates' Dilemma: Massive Resistance to School Desegregation in Virginia by J ame R. Sweney Published by STARS, 1999 5 Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 78 [1999], No. 3, Art. 1 https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fhq/vol78/iss3/1 6 Society: Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 78, Number 3 A Choctaw Academy Education: The Apalachicola Experience, 1830-1833 by Ella Wells Drake en weary trav I r from Florida-eight Apalachicola Indian T boy , an ag nt, and a ervant-pau din th chill a Choctaw Academy came into view. The Indian hool, standing on an el - vated ridgetop overlooking the Kentu ky countryside, appear d impo ing. The Academy repr nt d an institution of promi e and potential, a chool where y ung Indian boys could acquir the En glish language and Anglo-American value and cu tom for tribal benefit. In 1830, nin ty- ight boys attended th Academy which, despite the name, wa an intertribal choo!. h taws, Creeks, Po tawatomies, Miamie , and Quapaws dire t d their education fund and promising students to Choctaw Acad my. On Chri tma Day, the ight ApaJachicolas enrolled at the Academy for a thr -y ar period. The boy typified many students at th chool: they w re very young, non-English speaker with no prior formal ducation. Their experience offer both a window into ninet enth-c ntury In dian education at Choctaw Academy and a gauge of the school' succes . Choctaw Academy op n d in October 1825 wh n twenty-one Choctaws ani ed at S nator Richard M. John on's Blue Spring farm in Scott County, Kentucky. The chool reflected a combina tion of conflicting goal and interests. The federal gov rnment Ella Well s Drak ha a M.A.in history from the Univ r ity of Kentucky. Thi ani Ie j an expanded version of a paper given at the University of K mucky Blu grass Sympo ium, Mar h 1996. She would like to thank Theda Perdue and Mi cha I D.