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Available at: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fhq/vol72/iss4/1 Society: Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 72, Number 4 Published by STARS, 1993 1 Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 72 [1993], No. 4, Art. 1 COVER Members of a convict-labor turpentine crew pose for a picture in c. 1910s Escambia County, Florida. Photograph courtesy Florida Photographic Collection, Florida State Archives. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fhq/vol72/iss4/1 2 Society: Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 72, Number 4 The Historical Volume LXXII, Number 4 April 1994 The Florida Historical Quarterly (ISSN 0015-4113) is published quarterly by the Florida Historical Society, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620, and is printed by E. O. Painter Printing Co., DeLeon Springs, FL. Second-class postage paid at Tampa, FL, and at additional mailing office. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to the Florida Historical Quarterly, P. O. Box 290197, Tampa, FL 33687-0197. Copyright 1994 by the Florida Historical Society, Tampa, Florida. Published by STARS, 1993 3 Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 72 [1993], No. 4, Art. 1 THE FLORIDA HISTORICAL QUARTERLY George E. Pozzetta, Editor Samuel Proctor, Editor Emeritus Mark I. Greenberg, Editorial Assistant EDITORIAL. ADVISORY BOARD Raymond O. Arsenault, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg David R. Colburn, University of Florida William S. Coker, University of West Florida James B. Crooks, University of North Florida Kathleen Deagan, University of Florida Wayne Flynt, Auburn University Michael V. Gannon, University of Florida Maxine D. Jones, Florida State University Harry A. Kersey, Jr., Florida Atlantic University Jane Landers, Vanderbilt University Eugene Lyon, Flagler College Raymond A. Mohl, Florida Atlantic University Gary R. Mormino, University of South Florida John K. Mahon, University of Florida Theda Perdue, University of Kentucky Gerald E. Poyo, St. Mary’s University Joe M. 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Denham 453 RELIGION AT THE POLLS: A CASE STUDY OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY POLITICS AND RELIGION IN FLORIDA Wayne Flynt 469 B OOK REVIEWS . 484 B OOK NOTES . 523 HISTORY NEWS . 529 INDEX TO VOLUME LXXII . 535 Published by STARS, 1993 5 Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 72 [1993], No. 4, Art. 1 BOOK REVIEWS BERRY BENSON'S CIVIL WAR BOOK: MEMOIRS OF A CONFEDERATE SCOUT AND SHARPSHOOTER, edited by Susan Williams Benson SOLDIERING IN THE ARMY OF TENNESSEE: A PORTRAIT OF LIFE IN A CON- FEDERATE ARMY, by Larry J. Daniel reviewed by Stephen D. Engle T HIS W AR S O H ORRIBLE : T HE C IVIL W AR D IARY OF H IRAM S MITH WILLIAMS, edited by Lewis N. Wynne and Robert Taylor reviewed by Stephen D. Engle ISABEL THE QUEEN: LIFE AND TIMES, by Peggy Liss reviewed by Eugene Lyon PONCE DE LEÓN AND THE DISCOVERY OF FLORIDA: THE MAN, THE MYTH, AND THE TRUTH, by Douglas T. Peck reviewed by Jerald T. Milanich GENERAL JAMES GRANT: SCOTTISH SOLDIER AND ROYAL GOVERNOR OF EAST FLORIDA, by Paul David Nelson reviewed by Robin F. A. Fabel DEERSKINS & DUFFELS: THE CREEK INDIAN TRADE WITH ANGLO-AMERICA, 1685-1815, by Kathryn E. Holland Braund reviewed by John R. Finger THE SEMINOLES OF FLORIDA, by James W. Covington reviewed by John K. Mahon POLITICAL PARTIES AND AMERICAN POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT FROM THE AGE OF JACKSON TO THE AGE OF LINCOLN, by Michael F. Holt reviewed by Christopher Olsen DOMESTIC NOVELITS IN THE OLD SOUTH: DEFENDERS OF SOUTHERN CUL- TURE, by Elizabeth Moss reviewed Shirley A. Leckie SOUTHERN WOMEN: HISTORIES AND IDENTITIES, edited by Virginia Bern- hard, Betty Brandon, Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, and Theda Perdue reviewed by Randall M. Miller F AIR TO M IDDLIN’ : T HE A NTEBELLUM C OTTON T RADE OF THE APALACHICOLA/CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER VALLEY, by Lynn Willoughby reviewed by Harry P. Owens IN THE HANDS OF PROVIDENCE: JOSHUA L. CHAMBERLAIN AND THE AMER- ICAN CIVIL WAR, by Alice Rains Trulock reviewed by Robert A. Taylor WHY THE SOUTH LOST, edited by Gabor S. Boritt reviewed by Michael G. Schene FREEDOM'S LAWMAKERS: A DIRECTORY OF BLACK OFFICEHOLDERS DURING RECONSTRUCTION, by Eric Foner reviewed by Canter Brown, Jr. WHISTLING DIXIE: A DICTIONARY OF SOUTHERN EXPRESSIONS, by Robert Hendrickson reviewed by Jesse Earle Bowden URBAN POLICY IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICA, edited by Arnold R. Hirsch and Raymond A. Mohl reviewed by Jeffrey S. Adler MIAMI: ARCHITECTURE OF THE TROPICS, edited by Maurice Culot and Jean- Franqois Lejeune reviewed by Donald W. Curl FREE MEN IN THE AGE OF SERVITUDE: THREE GENERATIONS OF A BLACK FAMILY, by Lee H. Warner reviewed by James M. Denham CLIMBING JACOB'S LADDER: THE ENDURING LEGACY OF AFRICAN-AMER- ICAN FAMILIES, by Andrew Billingsley reviewed by Lamy E. Rivers CLAUDE KIRK AND THE POLITICS OF CONFRONTATION, by Edmund F. Kal- lina,Jr. reviewed by Augustus Burns, III https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fhq/vol72/iss4/1 6 Society: Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 72, Number 4 WHERE PALM AND PINE ARE BLOWING: CONVICT LABOR IN THE NORTH FLORIDA TURPENTINE INDUSTRY, 1877-1923 by J EFFREY A. D ROBNEY N 1912 journalist Marc Goodnow visited the pine forests of I north Florida seeking information for an article he was writ- ing on the turpentine industry. Goodnow’s findings, which ap- peared in an exposé entitled “Turpentine: Impressions of the Convicts’ Camps of Florida,” shocked the nation. In the article Goodnow described how he stood in horror and watched as a black convict was forced to be a “runner” in a deadly game of hide and seek. In this weekly occurrence, which trained camp dogs to track down escaped convicts, the man was given a five- minute head start and then required to lead the dogs on a chase through the swamps and saw-palmetto thickets of the forest. Goodnow described the chaotic scene: “Suddenly the baying of hounds grew near and raucous; every tree became a sounding- board—a voice in itself. Nearer and nearer came a great scuffl- ing and crunching. A man plowed his way through the mat of dead leaves, grass, and pine needles—a negro running long, his face burnished with sweat, casting furtive glances over his shoul- der. On his body was the flannel garb of a convict. For a moment the swift impression of witnessing an escape flashed through the spectators [sic] brain, but there was not the slightest chance of that. The dogs were beating through the palmetto growth like an avalanche down a mountain side—six of them, their di- lated nostrils scenting the ground every few leaps, tongues hanging dry from their vicious mouths. Great drops of sweat flooded the receding forehead of the hunted black; sweat glued his striped shirt to his muscle-taut body; to one foot clung a coarse shoe; his trousers were torn and frayed from contact Jeffrey A. Drobney is a doctoral candidate in history, West Virginia Uni- versity, Morgantown. A version of this paper was presented at the 1993 Florida Historical Society meeting in Pensacola. The author wishes to thank Kenneth Fones-Wolf for his assistance. [411] Published by STARS, 1993 7 Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 72 [1993], No. 4, Art. 1 412 F LORIDA H ISTORICAL Q UARTERLY with sharp palmetto leaves and wet and sticky with the ooze of a nearby swamp.“1 Goodnow stood and watched as the dogs drew closer and closer to their chase. The convict took one last look across his shoulder and then: “With an agility surprising to see in a body seemingly spent from long pursuit, the black arms shot up, the legs came up under the thick trunk, and the Negro in one giant, primitive spring, had landed six or seven feet up the stock of a virgin pine—straddling it as a gorilla would a grapevine—and ‘shinned’ on up to a place well beyond the reach of the dogs.