{"product_id":"french-florida-scott-gaillard-9798242786974","title":"French Florida: America's Origin Story","description":"\u003cp\u003eHalf a century before the Mayflower sailed Northeast Florida was the site of America's first effort for protestant exiles to form a colony to serve as a safe-haven. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile Catholic Spain's Tristán de Luna was battling the shifting sands and crushing hurricanes of the Gulf, a new threat emerged on the Atlantic horizon: a fleet of French Huguenots, seeking a \"New Canaan\" where they could worship in peace and plunder Spanish gold in secret.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the foundations of Fort Caroline-a bastion of Protestant hope built on the labor of the sovereign Mocama ( a forerunner to the Mayflower and Plymouth Rock)-to the moonlight massacre of St. Augustine by French privateers, the struggle for Florida was a game of high-stakes geopolitical chess. It was an era defined by an \"Unholy Alliance\" with the Ottomans, a \"Holy Crusade\" led by the ruthless Spanish Avenger Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, and a land that refused to be conquered by either. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Scott Gaillard,Kartik Krishnaiyer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798242786974\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/12\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.14d","brand":"Scott Gaillard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48874546102527,"sku":"9798242786974","price":13.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/french-florida-scott-gaillard-9798242786974","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}