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For this week, I have decided to discuss Chapter 3 from the texted book "The History or Florida". Chapter 3 is titled 'The Land They Found' by Paul E. Hoffman. 

This chapter goes into detail about the land we discovered in the 20th century and the condition it was in. Hoffman goes in and describes the land as "the topography, soils, flora and fauna, and weather of the regions profoundly shaped the livelihoods and thus lives of the Native American, Europeans (History of Florida, Hoffman, p. 121)." Here, Hoffman is describing the land and home of the Europeans, that we know now. Later on in the chapter, Hoffman then goes into details of what is the first vast and ill-defined region in Southeastern North America... La Florida. He talks about the heat and the humidity and also the patterns and characteristics of soils that can be fixed properly due to the rainfall. Now, this does not shock me at all... Florida weather is truly something else and anyone who's visited or lived in Florida can 100%. agree! Hoffman then also describes and talks about how Florida winters are "warm and dry" which attracts northerns to come to the south for retirement and also makes a great place for tourist. Nowadays, these northerns who come to Florida to avoid their cold, snowy winters are referred to "Snow Birds", clearly nothing has changed over the years. On that note, back to the bipolar Florida weather, Hoffman starts to dive into Florida's well known "tropical storms that are beyond control (History of Florida, Hoffman, p.123)". These tropical storms were no joke, they destroyed things such as crops which made times a lot harder to live in and made a huge impact on day to day life. Lastly, Hoffman goes into depth about the active trade throughout the states, such as Florida, South and North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Virgina. Active trade is what helped and still does help the world go around. We have been trading forever now and its still a huge part in our day to day lives 

I really enjoyed reading and analyzing Paul E. Hoffmans chapter 3 in "The History of Florida", mainly for the many facts he states that are still relevant in todays time. Something just never change and I love that I got more of an inside look to that by reading his chapter. Until next time, enjoy this meme of relateable Florida weather. 🤣

Gannon, M. (2018a, June 26). The History of Florida (Reprint). University Press of Florida.