{"product_id":"i-am-grey-eyes-william-p-ryan-9781495343681","title":"I am Grey Eyes: A story of old Florida","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1767 travel into Florida was difficult. The Spanish held St. Augustine for almost 200 years as a military camp but now they were gone. British Governor James Grant wrote letters about his good friend, \u003cb\u003ethe Indian Grey Eyes\u003c\/b\u003e who took 500 cattle from Georgia down into unmapped Florida. He helped to blaze a new road, one that would lead to the planned Minorcan settlement of New Smyrna to the south. It would be called \u003cb\u003eThe King's Road\u003c\/b\u003e and would exist from 1774 to 1914 as the main entry into Florida\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn early Florida adventure with Grey Eyes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSee Colonial British Florida with the eyes of a Seminole Indian. The white men do strange things as a young boy meets the demands of passage and becomes a Seminole cattleman in Florida as so many really were. He will move through many adventures that describe the true history of early Florida. Reading \u003cb\u003eI am Grey Eyes\u003c\/b\u003e will bring you a better feeling for the often dry historical events that now will connect into a life story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFlorida author William P. (Bill) Ryan creates historical fiction based on real characters, letters and original documents. Grey Eyes will tell you of the terrible Seminole War of 1835, the destruction of the great Bulow plantation, Minorcan settlers, and the exodus of Seminoles and their black companions to the Indian Territory in the West.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWho was this Grey Eyes?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiscover the legend of The Lost Colony, a great Florida slave uprising, and other early Florida stories by following original maps and the stories of Grey Eyes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor William P. Ryan\u003c\/b\u003e is a Director of the Flagler County Historical Society. He brings history to life with his first person style. The Old Kings Road Series of books include: \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Search for Old Kings Road\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eI am Grey Eyes a story of old Florida\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eOsceola his capture and Seminole legends\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBulow Gold\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFlorida's Door to Time\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso available on Amazon Kindle books\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William P. Ryan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1495343685\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781495343681\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/11\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.69d","brand":"William P. Ryan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43985868357887,"sku":"9781495343681","price":18.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_88708488-7a23-4230-bd44-04191bc28315.jpg?v=1683280016","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/i-am-grey-eyes-william-p-ryan-9781495343681","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}