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Let’s Talk About Florida – Henry Bradley Plant by Canter Brown, Jr.

Tuesday, January 18, 2022
4:00 pm

Henry Bradley Plant - Gilded Age Dreams for Florida and a New South by Canter Brown Jr. book cover showing river with hotelGilded Age Dreams for Florida and the South

The first biography of Henry B. Plant, the entrepreneur and business magnate considered the father of modern Florida.  Moderators: Gay Darsie and Pat Nesser Agles


Join our online book discussion through Zoom. Zoom links will be emailed to all attendees prior to the discussion. Feel free to begin reading the book for this discussion, but reading is not required.

Free event but registration (see below) is required.

Updated information will be released once they become available.

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