The story of the early centuries of the Catholic Church in
Florida, the oldest establishment of the Christian faith in the
United States, is one of the most remarkable in Florida's more than
400 years of history. Michael Gannon first traces Florida's
discovery by Catholics, their subsequent explorations, the Spanish
settlements, and the evangelization of the Indians, followed by the
tragic end of the missions and the temporary collapse of Catholic
ascendancy during the British period. The story continues with the
reappearance of Catholicism among Minorcan immigrants; the
establishment by the Church of Florida's (and the nation's) first
schools and hospitals; the schism of the St. Augustine's Church
Wardens in the 1820s and 1830s; the arrival of Florida's first
bishop, Augustine Verot, in 1858, and beyond.
Across these pages stride Indians from the woods and shores;
priests, conquistadors, and statesmen; Spaniards and Minorcans,
Unionists and Confederates, mothers and nuns, the rich and the
poor, the innocent and the repentant.
Illustrated with maps and rare old sketches and photographs, The
Cross in the Sand is as exciting and easy to read as a novel. The
book's literary grace is matched by its historical authenticity,
because Gannon has used all available manuscripts as well as the
best secondary sources of this and past centuries.
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