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Center for Florida History welcomes
award-winning historian
Author Canter Brown, Jr. will talk and sign
copies of his new book on Polk County’s history

LAKELAND, Fla. (Nov. 28, 2001) - Florida Southern’s Center for Florida History welcomes historian and author Canter Brown, Jr., for a discussion and book signing on Thursday, Dec. 6 at 7:00 p.m. in the Hollis Room. Brown’s new book, “In the Midst of All That Makes Life Worth Living: Polk County, Florida, to 1940,” will be available for sale during the evening. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Brown covers Polk County’s history from its earliest inhabitants to the beginning of World War II. He has written numerous other works on Florida history, including “Florida’s Peace River Frontier,” for which he received the Florida Historical Society’s Rembert W. Patrick Book Award. He also received the Certificate of Commendation of the American Association for State and Local History.

“Polk County, Florida, to 1940” was commissioned by the Polk County Historical Association, and is being promoted and distributed in cooperation with the Center for Florida History and the FSC Bookstore. For further information, contact Dr. James M. Denham at (863) 680-4312.

About Florida Southern College
Florida Southern is a four-year, private, co-educational liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The college offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and a master of business administration degree accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Located in Lakeland, Fla., the college is home to the largest, single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world.

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