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I became an avid reader at a young age, thanks to a combination of my mother's encouragement to read, the book availability provided by school and public libraries, and the rewards of Pizza Hut's "Book It" program. I never lost my love of reading, which mostly focused on non-fiction. In high school, I spent a year reading Shelby Foote's famous trilogy, The Civil War: A Narrative. All my life I have predominately read history, including some biography.

Since 2014, I have been Historian and Collections Manager for the Loxahatchee River Historical Society in Jupiter, Florida. I am also a Historian for the Florida Lighthouse Association. In those capacities I've been a frequent history public speaker and contributor to national and local magazin ...more

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	Five Thousand Years on the Loxahatchee: A Pictorial History of Jupiter/Tequesta, Florida by James D. Snyder (Goodreads Author), Josh Liller (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Florida Lighthouse Trail by Josh Liller (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Paul Bradley (Illustrator) 4.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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General William Rosecrans once famously asked that military accomplishments not be overlooked simply because they were "not written in letters of blood" and this applies to military history in general, not just campaigns. Castle Pinckney in Charlesto ...more
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