The Great Book of Florida: The Crazy History of Florida with Amazing Random Facts & Trivia

A Trivia Nerds Guide to the History of the United States Series, Book 4

De: Bill O'Neill

Narrado por: Derek Newman

Duración: 3 h y 27 m

Resumen del Editor

Want to learn more about the state of Florida? Sure, you know it’s home to Disney World, but what else do you really know about the Sunshine State? From the strange to the scary, there’s so much to learn about Florida that even natives of the state don’t know. In this trivia audiobook, you’ll learn more about Florida’s history, pop culture, folklore, sports, and so much more!

In The Great Book of Florida, you’ll discover the answers to the following questions:

• How did Florida get its name?
• Which former US president helped the country gain control of Florida?
• Which city in Florida was the only city in America to be founded by a woman?
• How did spring break get started?
• What famous pirates buried treasure on and off the coast of Florida?
• How did Walt Disney keep his plans to build Disney World a secret?
• Which of the Disney World attractions is said to be haunted?
• What lighthouse is thought to be one of America’s most haunted?

And so much more!

This book is packed with trivia facts about Florida. Some of the facts are entertaining, some of them will be tragic, and some of them may even scare you a little, but all of them will be interesting! This book is full of everything you’ve ever wondered about Florida and then some.

Whether you’re just learning about Florida or you already think you know everything there is to know about the state, you’re bound to learn something new in each chapter. Your friends will be amazed at your knowledge during your next trivia night. You’ll even impress your history teacher!

So, what are you waiting for? Get started to learn all there is to know about Florida!

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interesting

great book lousy narrator. if you're going to read about someone's state then you really need to learn how to pronounce the names of towns.

Another Great Trivia Book!!

Yet another great trivia book by Bill O'Neill! If you ever wanted to know whatever about Florida then you should get this book! Mr. O'Neill really does his homework about each subject he does a trivia book on then delivers his findings in an enjoyable style that makes listening to the random facts a pleasure. The narration is well done and at a nice pace.

I was given this free review copy audio book at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Who Knew That???

I love listening to all of Bill O'neill's books as I am always learning something new. I had the pleasure of listening to this book driving down to Florida, with my daughter's over Spring break. I have been trying to get both of them into audiobooks and this was the perfect book to peek their interest, as there was interesting facts about some of the towns we were going to visit. In fact, he mentions the Presidents Hall of Fame in Clermont. I never even knew anything about it, so we added it as one of our stops while we were down there. My youngest also enjoyed the trivia questions, as she is always trying to compete with her older sister.

The narration was also great and flowed smoothly, keeping the listener entertained

Love the fun facts!

Cool, fun read!(listen) - the book was very entertaining while informative. I loved testing my listening skills with the little fun quizzes.

Fun Florida facts

Another winner from the Trivia maven........ everything you ever wanted or not wanted to know about Florida.

All done in a entertaining and interesting way with a good Narrator.




This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.

Real Florida History

I really enjoyed the information. I listened to this many times. The narrator read it Very clearly & I could hear his nice voice. I can't always hear some of the narrator's.
Thanks

Good Fun Fact Book

This was a good fun fact book about Florida even though a lot of the cities mentioned in here were not pronounced correctly.

Being a Floridian I am surprised I knew nothing

I received this book in exchange for an honest review.

I received this audiobook a while back and the title made me think that of course I'm from Florida born and raised I know everything that is going to be talked about however that was definitely not the case. There was so many random facts that I completely did not know. For example I did not realize that heavy metal was partly originated in Florida. Also I didn't realize that Elvis Presley's first major indoor concert was in Jacksonville Florida. Who would have thought that these things are not widely known for Floridians.

This book also had some trivia questions from what the narrator told us in the chapter. I felt a bit like a pop quiz when the teacher reads you a passage from a story and then they ask,' these questions need to be answered from what I read please choose the correct answer', that is what I felt. I have to admit that I was pleasantly surprised and I am very intrigued about all of these facts that I learned within this little short audiobook. I know that the author has different states that he writes about and out of curiosity I want to read the other books so I can learn more about the states that he has covered.

The narrator on the other hand he gave me teacher vibes so I felt like it was more of a teacher telling me a story tversus just a person having a conversation with me. I think if he did not pause for a prolonged period of time and just narrated as though somebody who is just a tour guide I think it would have been a bit smoother than it was. Also as a side note, being a Floridian means that I know how to pronounce certain cities within this gorgeous state but yet when the narrator says certain words I cringe. I know that if he just took the time to listen to the way people pronounce certain cities then he would not miss pronounce the words.🙄😟😒😩🤯😠

Everything you ever wanted to know about Florida

Great trivia type book. Has very broad subject matter to provide interest to all. Peaked my historical interest, I did further investigations on several of the topics. Quiz's between chapters help break up sections.

This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.

Overall great.

This book is very informative. It’s also written & read in a way that kept my interest. Great job all around, in my opinion.