A Trip to Florida for Health and Sport
Dublin Core
Abstract
**Warning: Some readers may find certain scenes in this book disturbing.**
On the search for youthful adventure and cure of a cough, George Morton embarks on a journey from New York to Florida for a vacation of hunting and sightseeing. With his Uncle James, he experiences the wilderness, with all its beauty and danger, and the early days of tourism in the Ancient City. Through George's fresh perspective to the land and the author's vivid descriptions, this book explores Florida's natural world before settlers and tourists took over.
Local locations visited or mentioned in the text include the St. Johns River, Tocoi, the Matanzas River, Anastasia Island, Fort Marion (Castillo de San Marcos), the seawall, Plaza de la Constitucion, and the United States Barracks (St. Francis Barracks).
On the search for youthful adventure and cure of a cough, George Morton embarks on a journey from New York to Florida for a vacation of hunting and sightseeing. With his Uncle James, he experiences the wilderness, with all its beauty and danger, and the early days of tourism in the Ancient City. Through George's fresh perspective to the land and the author's vivid descriptions, this book explores Florida's natural world before settlers and tourists took over.
Local locations visited or mentioned in the text include the St. Johns River, Tocoi, the Matanzas River, Anastasia Island, Fort Marion (Castillo de San Marcos), the seawall, Plaza de la Constitucion, and the United States Barracks (St. Francis Barracks).
Identifier
F315 .C64 2009
Access Rights
This item is part of the Circulating Collection and can be checked out with a valid Flagler ID. Non-Flagler affiliates will need to request this book through their local library's Inter-Library Loan program.
Creator
Title
A Trip to Florida for Health and Sport
Contributor
2nd edition:
Maurice O'Sullivan and Wenxian Zhang, editors
Maurice O'Sullivan and Wenxian Zhang, editors
Publisher
1st edition:
unknown
2nd edition:
Cocoa, FL: Florida Historical Society
unknown
2nd edition:
Cocoa, FL: Florida Historical Society
Date
Format
Paperback book
Language
English
Audience
Subject
Action or Adventure
Youth
City of St. Augustine
Youth
City of St. Augustine
Coverage
Statehood to 1887
Accrual Method
Purchased
Bibliographic Citation
1st edition:
Condit, Cyrus Parkhurst. A Trip to Florida for Health and Sport. 1855.
2nd edition:
Condit, Cyrus Parkhurst. A Trip to Florida for Health and Sport. Edited by Maurice O'Sullivan and Wenxian Zhang. Florida Historical Society, 2009.
Condit, Cyrus Parkhurst. A Trip to Florida for Health and Sport. 1855.
2nd edition:
Condit, Cyrus Parkhurst. A Trip to Florida for Health and Sport. Edited by Maurice O'Sullivan and Wenxian Zhang. Florida Historical Society, 2009.
Collection
Citation
Cyrus Parkhurst Condit, “A Trip to Florida for Health and Sport,” St. Augustine Fiction, accessed June 12, 2026, https://staugustinefiction.omeka.net/items/show/135.