Kevin M. McCarthy (born 1940) is an American historian, professor and author.[1] He was born in Gainesville, Florida and returned to live and work there as a professor at the University of Florida. He received the Charlton Tebeau Award (Charlton Tebeau) from the Florida Historical Society in 1994 for African Americans in Florida: An Illustrated History and the Patrick Smith Literary Prize (Patrick Smith) from Library of the Florida Historical Society in 1999 for A River in Flood and Other Florida Stories by Marjory Stoneman Douglas.[2]
He has written books about various aspects of Florida's history including the history of African Americans in Florida,[3] He has also written about baseball and football in Florida.[4]
Books
edit- Florida Stories (1989)
- McCarthy, Kevin M. (1990). Florida Lighthouses. University of Florida Press. ISBN 978-0-8130-0993-3.[5]
- The Book Lover’s Guide to Florida (1992)[6]
- Thirty Florida Shipwrecks (1992)
- African Americans in Florida (1993)
- The Gators and the Seminoles (1993)
- Twenty Florida Pirates (1994)
- Baseball in Florida (1996)[7]
- Guide to the University of Florida and Gainesville (1997)
- Native Americans in Florida (1999)
- Christmas in Florida (2000)[8]
- Aviation in Florida (2003)
- African American Sites in Florida (2007)[9]
- Cedar Key, Florida (2007)[10]
- The Autobiography of Kevin M. McCarthy (2015)[11]
- Black Florida
- Caloosahatchee River Guidebook
- Suwanee River Guidebook
- St. Johns River Guidebook
- Castles of Turkey
- Fightin' Gators: A History of the University of Florida Football and aviation.
References
edit- ^ "Florida Authors J to P Include Jack Kerouac and John D. MacDonald".
- ^ "McCarthy, Kevin M. 1940- | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com.
- ^ https://www.floridatoday.com/377705002
- ^ "Interview with Kevin M. McCarthy, November 8, 1999". ufdc.ufl.edu.
- ^ Beachboard, Robert B. (1 October 1992). "Kevin M. McCarthy, Florida Lighthouses (Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1990)". The Florida Geographer. 26.
- ^ McCarthy, Kevin M. (October 26, 1992). The Book Lover's Guide to Florida. Pineapple Press Inc. ISBN 9781561640126 – via Google Books.
- ^ Gilmartin, Daniel (1998). "Review of Baseball in Florida". The Florida Historical Quarterly. 76 (3): 353–355. JSTOR 30148975.
- ^ "Kevin McCarthy". english.ufl.edu.
- ^ McCarthy, Kevin M. (October 26, 2007). African American Sites in Florida. Pineapple Press Inc. ISBN 9781561643851 – via Google Books.
- ^ McCarthy, Kevin (August 26, 2007). Cedar Key, Florida: A History. Arcadia Publishing (SC). ISBN 9781540217943 – via Google Books.
- ^ McCarthy, Kevin M. (January 20, 2015). The Autobiography of Kevin M. Mccarthy. Createspace Independent Pub. ISBN 9781505954623 – via Google Books.
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