Recent Books

FSU History faculty members have published more than 75 books on a wide range of subjects and won half a dozen awards in the process. Review the full booklist below and visit the faculty bios to learn more about the authors.

By the Noble Daring of Her Sons: The Florida Brigade of the Army of Tennessee

By the Noble Daring of Her Sons: The Florida Brigade of the Army of Tennessee

Jonathan C. Sheppard (PhD, 2008)
Write to Return Huguenot Refugees on the Frontiers of the French Enlightenment

Write to Return

Bryan Banks (PhD, 2014)
The Letters of George Long Brown: A Yankee Merchant on Florida’s Antebellum Frontier

The Letters of George Long Brown: A Yankee Merchant on Florida’s Antebellum Frontier

James Denham
Florida's Peace River Frontier

Florida's Peace River Frontier

Canter Brown, Jr.
The Boss of New Orleans: Martin Behrman and Machine Politics in the Crescent City

The Boss of New Orleans: Martin Behrman and Machine Politics in the Crescent City

Ralph Eric Criss (PhD, 2015)
Urban Disasters

Urban Disasters

Cindy Ermus (PhD, 2014)
Social Justice and Liberation Struggles: The Photojournalistic and Public Relations Career of Alexander McAllister Rivera Jr.

Social Justice and Liberation Struggles

Glen A. Harris (PhD, 2003)
The Great Plague Scare of 1720: Disaster and Diplomacy in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World

The Great Plague Scare of 1720: Disaster and Diplomacy in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World

Cindy Ermus (PhD, 2014)
From Swamp to Wetland: the Creation of Everglades National Park

From Swamp to Wetland: the Creation of Everglades National Park

Chris Wilhelm
Meat, Mercy, Morality: Animals and Humanitarianism in Colonial Bengal, 1850-1920

Meat, Mercy, Morality: Animals and Humanitarianism in Colonial Bengal, 1850-1920

Samiparna Samanta (PhD, 2012)
The Liberal Approach to the Past: A Reader

The Liberal Approach to the Past: A Reader

Michael Douma (PhD, 2011)
Friendly Enemies: Solider Fraternization throughout the American Civil War

Friendly Enemies: Solider Fraternization throughout the American Civil War

Lauren K. Thompson (PhD, 2015)
High Plains Fort

High Plains Fort

Anne Haw Holt
Pride of Smoketown: The 1935 Pittsburgh Crawfords

Pride of Smoketown: The 1935 Pittsburgh Crawfords

Wes Singletary (PhD, 1996)
The Governors of Florida

The Governors of Florida

Boyd Murphree (PhD, 2007) and Robert Taylor (PhD)
Henry Bradley Plant: Gilded Age Dreams for Florida and a New South

Henry Bradley Plant: Gilded Age Dreams for Florida and a New South

Canter Brown, Jr.
Napoléon Bonaparte: A Reference Guide to His Life and Works

Napoléon Bonaparte: A Reference Guide to His Life and Works

Joshua Meeks (PhD, 2015)
The Old Federal Road in Alabama: An Illustrated Guide (Alabama: The Forge of History)

The Old Federal Road in Alabama: An Illustrated Guide (Alabama: The Forge of History)

Kathryn Holland Braund (PhD, 1986)
Death Is All around Us: Corpses, Chaos, and Public Health in Porfirian Mexico City

Death Is All around Us: Corpses, Chaos, and Public Health in Porfirian Mexico City

Jonathan Weber
Tampa in Civil War & Reconstruction

Tampa in Civil War & Reconstruction

Canter Brown, Jr.
The Colonization of Freed African Americans in Suriname: Archival Sources relating to the U.S.-Dutch Negotiations, 1860-1866

The Colonization of Freed African Americans in Suriname

Michael Douma (PhD, 2011)
Tampa Before the Civil War

Tampa Before the Civil War

Canter Brown, Jr.
Of One Mind and Of One Government: The Rise and Fall of the Creek Nation in the Early Republic. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2019

Of One Mind and Of One Government

Kevin Kokomoor (PhD 2013)
The Iranian Crisis and the Birth of the Cold War

The Iranian Crisis and the Birth of the Cold War

Benjamin Harper (PhD, 2017)