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Cindy Roe Littlejohn is the author of the award-winning Palmetto Pioneers trilogy, a richly researched series that brings Florida’s forgotten history to life. Her books — The Emigrants (2022), From Harmony to Hostility (2024), and Yankees in the Courthouse — follow the story of Mary Adeline Walker, an ordinary woman whose family’s journey mirrors the South’s turbulent passage through settlement, war, and reconstruction.

The first two books are award-winning novels with several gold, silver, and bronze medals between them in history and biography. the third was recently published in 2025.

Cindy began researching her family’s roots in the late 1970s but set the project aside while building a career in Florida politics, where she lobbied the sta ...more

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	The Migrants (Palmetto Pioneers #1) 3.89 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2022 — 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
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Inside a Spanish Bull Ranch Near Córdoba: Tradition, Beauty, and the Toro Bravo

Recently, I visited a bull ranch in Spain near Cordoba. These bulls, though, are fighting bulls. Visiting a Spanish fighting bull ranch is a very specific, cultural experience. These ranches raise bulls for bullfighting, so what I encountered blended rural beauty and tradition. The ride to the ranch was through a wide, quiet countryside with […]

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The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt, #1)

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