The Flamingo Feather
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Abstract
After his parents are taken by yellow fever, 16-year-old Réné de Veeaux travels to Paris to live with his uncle, Réné de Laudonniere, a known explorer and sailor. Once Réné learns about his uncle's time in the New World, they decide to travel to Florida to join the Huguenot Colony and are there when the Spanish attack Fort Caroline. Réné lives with the Indians before being rescued by a French ship. Laudonniere is not the only historical personage who makes an appearance in this story.
The other identifiable local location is the River of May (St. Johns River).
The other identifiable local location is the River of May (St. Johns River).
Identifier
SPECIAL PZ7 .M926 1887
Access Rights
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Creator
Title
The Flamingo Feather
Contributor
[Thure de] Thulstrup, illustrator
Publisher
New York: Harper & Brothers
Date
Format
Hardcover book
Language
English
Audience
Subject
Historical
Youth
Youth
Coverage
Huguenot Colony
Accrual Method
Purchased
Has Format
Available for free on HathiTrust.
References
Gardner, Janette C. An Annotated Bibliography of Florida Fiction, 1801-1980. Little Bayou Press, 1983.
Mason, Walter Scott. The People of Florida as Portrayed in American Fiction. George Peabody College for Teachers, 1949.
Bibliographic Citation
Munroe, Kirk. The Flamingo Feather. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1887.
Collection
Citation
Kirk Munroe, “The Flamingo Feather,” St. Augustine Fiction, accessed July 17, 2026, https://staugustinefiction.omeka.net/items/show/126.