Kevin McCarthy (historian)

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Kevin M. McCarthy (born 1940) is a professor and author in Florida. [1] He was born in Gainesville, Florida and returned to live and work there as a professor at the University of Florida. He received the Charlton Tebeau Award (Charlton Tebeau) from the Florida Historical Society in 1994 for African Americans in Florida: An Illustrated History and the Patrick Smith Literary Prize (Patrick Smith) from Library of the Florida Historical Society in 1999 for A River in Flood and Other Florida Stories by Marjory Stoneman Douglas. [2]

He has written books about various aspects of Florida's history including the history of African Americans in Florida, [3] He has also written about baseball and football in Florida. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Florida Authors J to P Include Jack Kerouac and John D. MacDonald".
  2. ↑ "McCarthy, Kevin M. 1940- | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com.
  3. ↑ https://www.floridatoday.com/377705002
  4. ↑ "Interview with Kevin M. McCarthy, November 8, 1999". ufdc.ufl.edu.
  5. ↑ Beachboard, Robert B. (1 October 1992). "Kevin M. McCarthy, Florida Lighthouses (Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1990)". The Florida Geographer. 26.
  6. ↑ McCarthy, Kevin M. (October 26, 1992). The Book Lover's Guide to Florida. Pineapple Press Inc. ISBN   9781561640126 – via Google Books.
  7. ↑ Gilmartin, Daniel (1998). "Review of Baseball in Florida". The Florida Historical Quarterly. 76 (3): 353–355. JSTOR   30148975.
  8. ↑ "Kevin McCarthy". english.ufl.edu.
  9. ↑ McCarthy, Kevin M. (October 26, 2007). African American Sites in Florida. Pineapple Press Inc. ISBN   9781561643851 – via Google Books.
  10. ↑ McCarthy, Kevin (August 26, 2007). Cedar Key, Florida: A History. Arcadia Publishing (SC). ISBN   9781540217943 – via Google Books.
  11. ↑ McCarthy, Kevin M. (January 20, 2015). The Autobiography of Kevin M. Mccarthy. Createspace Independent Pub. ISBN   9781505954623 – via Google Books.


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