FORUM Magazine Winter 2006

FORUM Magazine Winter 2006

CRACKERS
By Dana Ste. Claire
What cracker is this same that deafes our ears with this abundance of superfluous breath? Indeed, what Cracker is that that William Shakespeare describes in King John in 1594? Surely not the Cracker of today, but the reference is very telling of the age-old history of the word, one that spans at least five centuries.
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America's First Cowmen
By Joe A. Akerman, Jr.
America's first cowmen dodging bullets on the rough, tough Florida Frontier…
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CRACKER
The early pioneers who settled Florida were tough and lived rough, valuing personal independence more than material prosperity.
By Dana Ste. Claire
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America's First Cowmen
Long before the Wild West, cowmen rode the wild Florida frontier.
By Joe A. Akerman, Jr.
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King of the Crackers
Jacob Summerlin, Jr., 19th-century cattle baron, started with little more than grit.
By Joe A. Akerman, Jr.

Patrick Smith's Journey into Florida
Before writing A Land Remembered, Smith traveled Florida's back roads.
By Dana Ste. Claire

When Fiction Becomes Fact
Lawrence Silas was a well-respected black cattleman.

Cracker Settlers Kept on Going
They suffered ridicule, but Crackers were the "bone and sinew" of the South.
By James M. Denham

Cracker Music
Meet the folks who sing the story of Florida.
By Peter B. Gallagher

The Houses that Crackers Built
Cracker Cuisine
He-Coons and Dogs that Hunt
By Lucy Morgan

Gator Huntin'
Listen to the Voice of the Heartland
By Carlton Ward, Jr.

Crackers were Odd, but Good, Neighbors
By Bill Maxwell

Watchin' Out for Moonshiners in the 'Glades
When the Artist Met the Cowman...
Ola Watkins