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Secret Life/Death of the Author of the Greatest Science Fiction Novel–Born in New Smyrna, Died in Daytona Beach

May 25, 2014

Walter M. Miller, Jr. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_M._Miller,_Jr.) This week I took a short drive to two local homes of the author of …

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When the St. Johns River Froze–and Volusia’s Other Historic Freezes

March 8, 2014

After 1894 Freeze, Central Florida grove with all fruit dropped frozen to the ground. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, …

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Recent Posts

  • Secret Life/Death of the Author of the Greatest Science Fiction Novel–Born in New Smyrna, Died in Daytona Beach May 25, 2014
  • Square Dancing 30 Feet High in South Daytona’s Historic “Big Tree”–Florida’s Largest Live Oak May 13, 2014
  • Traveling Volusia’s Roads and Highways, 1890-1943 May 5, 2014
  • When Holly Hill Was Only Palmetto Point (Pop. 2) April 22, 2014
  • Volusia’s Past: A Reprise of This Blog’s First 6 Months April 12, 2014

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Blogs I Follow

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  • booksandlectures
  • DAYTONA BEACH PHOTOGRAPHER | ORMOND BEACH PORTRAITS
  • Southeast Volusia History

Recommended Websites

Florida History Network

Halifax Historical Museum

Holly Hill Historical Society

New Smyrna Museum of History

Ormond Beach Historical Society

South Daytona Historical Society
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Ormond Faith

Thoughts about the Bible, doctrine, and faith

ormondliterature

This is a forum for invitation-only literature groups who meet in Ormond Beach, Florida. Some of the topics we have discussed include literary theory, sonnets, the Shakespeare authorship question, Frost's first two books, analysis of Bible narratives and poetry, Chinese-American short stories, Thoreau's Walden and essays, Fitzgerald's first novel and 1920s short stories, Woolf's first two stream-of-consciousness novels, contemporary Native American short stories, and a chronology of American literary periods.

Volusia History

Retracing Florida's Past

booksandlectures

books and lectures

DAYTONA BEACH PHOTOGRAPHER | ORMOND BEACH PORTRAITS

I'm Laura Yang and I am a portrait photographer based in Ormond Beach, Florida.

Southeast Volusia History

Discussing the history of Southeast Volusia County featuring the cities of New Smyrna Beach, Edgewater, Oak Hill, and others in the area.

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