Local locations visited or mentioned in the text include the St. Johns River, Bridge of Lions, the Marina where the shrimpers dock their boats in the San Sebastian River, the Plaza de la Constitucion, and Anastasia State Park.]]> Ann McCallister Clark]]> 2011]]> Live in St. Johns County and have a Library Card?

The County Public Library also collects St. Augustine Fiction. Please visit their website to see which branches have a copy of this title.]]> A Bone in Her Teeth. Infinity Publishing, 2011.]]> Adults]]> Romance]]>
Local locations visited or mentioned in the text include the Old City Gates, the Castillo de San Marcos (called both San Marco and Fort Marion in the book), the Matanzas River, the San Sebastian River, the Plaza de la Constitucion, the Governor's House (Governor's House Cultural Center and Museum), and Anastasia Island.]]> Mary Moncure Parker]]> 1898]]> 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.

McCarthy, Kevin. M. “Historical St. Augustine in Fiction.” El Escribano 15 (1978): 61-69.
]]> A Fair Maid of Florida: A Story of the Spanish Possession of the Floridas in the Eighteenth Century. Chicago, 1898.]]> British Period]]> Adults]]> Short Stories, Poetry or Vignettes]]>
The chapters for St. Augustine are "Christmas in St. Augustine" by Elizabeth Duran Gessner and is a historical narrative of the traditions surrounding Christmas for the 1st to 2nd Spanish Periods and the 21st century.

The second St. Augustine chapter is a story in an unidentified location, but won first place in 2002 in the St. Augustine Record for a holiday story contest, entitled, "Snowflake" by R.L. Williams. It is the story of a little girl who persists in trying to buy a lame puppy at a pet store for her sister for Christmas.]]> Ernest Hemingway, Harriot Beecher Stowe, et al. ]]> 2008]]> Live in St. Johns County and have a Library Card?

The County Public Library also collects St. Augustine Fiction. Please visit their website to see which branches have a copy of this title.]]> A Florida Christmas: 21 Heartwarming Tales by Ernest Hemingway, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and More. Sweetwater Press, 2008.]]> British Period
2nd Spanish Period
Contemporary, children/adult]]> Adults]]> Romance]]> **Warning: Some readers may find certain scenes in this book disturbing.**

Wealthy New Yorker, Lillian Travers, visits St. Augustine in 1891 to see both her aunt and a local friend, Bessie Horton. After buying a mysterious box that contains the seeds of a magic tree located in Africa, Lillian discovers that eating the seeds causes one’s sex to change. Lillian becomes Lawrence Talbot in a fit of jealousy when she thinks her fiancée is dallying with another woman. Her fiancée also eats a seed and becomes a woman. Lillian/Lawrence woes and wins the hand of her/his one-time St. Augustine friend, Bessie.

Local locations visited or mentioned include, but are not limited to the Hotel Ponce de Leon, Cordova Hotel, King Street, St. George Street, and the Castillo de San Marcos.

The DVD is a silent film from 1914 starring Sidney Drew and Edith Storey. It was filmed on-location at the Hotel Ponce de Leon (exteriors only, interiors were filmed in a stage building, see Thomas Graham's Silent Films in St. Augustine), as well as several other St. Augustine locations.]]> Archibald Clavering Gunter]]> 1891]]> Item 1: This item is part of Rare Books and is accessible by appointment-only.
Item 2: This item is part of the DVD 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.]]> HathiTrust.]]> 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.

McCarthy, Kevin. M. The Book Lover’s Guide to Florida. 1st ed. Pineapple Press, 1992.

McCarthy, Kevin. M. “Historical St. Augustine in Fiction.” El Escribano 15 (1978): 61-69.

]]> DVD]]> Item 1: SPECIAL PS1769 .G3 F4 1891
Item 2: DVD Florida]]> A Florida Enchantment. New York: Hurst & Co., 1891.]]> Adults (bawdy)]]>
Set in the late 1880s right after the Hotel Ponce de Leon has opened, a disparate group of middle-class Northerners stay at one of the private St. Augustine boarding house on Orange Street for the winter. This particular winter, Mrs. and Miss Genevieve "Vieve" Leete are dressed to impress the wealthier visitors, while economizing on their housing and repast. However, before Miss Leete arrives, her mother has an eye on a fellow boarder, a mysterious Mr. Faxon Shephard. Meanwhile in a gentlemanly act, the two young people meet at the train station in Jacksonville where Miss Leete is destitute after being robbed. Is the intrigue of their first meeting and train ride from Jacksonville to St. Augustine the harbinger of romance or unrequited love

Local locations visited or mentioned include, but are not limited to the San Marco Hotel, the Old City Gates, Castillo de San Marcos, Plaza de la Constitucion, St. George Street, Treasury Street, Charlotte Street, St. Francis Street, Bravo Street, the Matanzas River and the sea wall, Anastasia Island, North Beach, and the St. Johns River.]]> Maria Louise Pool]]> 1898]]> HathiTrust.]]> 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.

McCarthy, Kevin. M. “Historical St. Augustine in Fiction.” El Escribano 15 (1978): 61-69.

]]> A Golden Sorrow. Chicago: H. S. Stone, 1898.]]> Adults]]> Jean Baptiste Thill]]> 1898]]> 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.

]]> A Huguenot Sword: The History of the Chevalier de Marquette, Special Courier to Gaspard de Coligny, Admiral of France. 1898.]]> ?]]> Travel
Youth]]>
This novel follows Will Gordon, a teenager who thinks of himself as a natural-born leader. Alongside his good friend, Rectus, who is two years younger, the two boys travel south by boat and find themselves in the city of St. Augustine, and are quickly overcome with a desire to see all there is. One night, they decide to sneak into Fort Marion. They are caught, but meet two Cheyenne Indians  who assist in their escape. They also meet descendants of the Minorcans brought over by Dr. Andrew Turnbull, and go sailing with a Minorcan family. They soon tire of St. Augustine and decide to travel further south meeting many friendly folk along the way, discovering exciting new places, and continuing the adventure neither would forget.

Other notable local locations visited include the St. Augustine Inlet and Matanzas Bay, Anastasia Island, the bayfront, the St. Augustine Lighthouse, and a bathhouse.]]> Frank R. Stockton]]> 1880]]> HathiTrust.
Available for free on Internet Archive.]]> 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.

McCarthy, Kevin. M. The Book Lover’s Guide to Florida. 1st ed. Pineapple Press, 1992.

]]> SPECIAL PS2927 .J65 1880 c.2]]> A Jolly Fellowship. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1880.]]> Young adults to adults]]> Race Relations
Youth]]> Fort Mose has just been burned down by the Georgians from Savannah. Anna and her family occupy themselves with rebuilding. Meanwhile, bullies at school tease Anna for her interest in poetry and she makes friends with a new Indian girl her own age who has just moved nearby. The story ends in 1752 after the new Fort was completed.

The other identifiable local location is the Castillo de San Marcos.]]> Gertie Laws]]> 2004]]> 1st edition]]> Live in St. Johns County and have a Library Card?

The County Public Library also collects St. Augustine Fiction. Please visit their website to see which branches have a copy of this title.]]> A New Start. St. Augustine, FL: Calloway Press, 2004.]]> Elementary-aged children]]> Romance]]> Peggy Harrell Jennings]]> 2019]]> A Pillow for My Heart. Published by the author, 2019.]]> Adults]]> Historical
Race Relations
Romance]]> Fort Mose. However, when she discovers him missing and realizes that a ruthless bounty hunter is after her, British colonists, African Americans, and Native American women join together to help Maya seek her freedom and find the man she loves.

Other notable local locations visited include Fort Picolata and the Old City Gates.]]> J.S. Lavallee]]> 2015]]> Internet Archive.]]> A Slice of Moon. CreateSpace, 2015.]]> Middle school-aged children]]>