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“Fort Myers is a place without context. A clod of swamp torn from the hands of the Calusa and Seminoles, drained, razed, and carbon-copied from the cities surrounding it. A bit of Tampa. A bit of Miami. We’ll name it for Abraham C. Myers, a Jewish Confederate colonel who’s never actually been here. We’ll call it Fort Myers. It’ll be a stop on the Tamiami Trail (see what we did there?), a place to rest, not a place to stay.”

Annabelle Tometich, The Mango Tree: A Memoir of Fruit, Florida, and Felony
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The Mango Tree: A Memoir of Fruit, Florida, and Felony The Mango Tree: A Memoir of Fruit, Florida, and Felony by Annabelle Tometich
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