Book 3 in the series—Coming November 15, 2025
Yankees In the Courthouse: A Florida Civil War & Reconstruction Biography
Coming November 15
Yankees in the Courthouse: A Florida Civil War & Reconstruction Biography
Book 3 in the Palmetto Pioneers series.
Florida’s pioneers endured migration, hardship, and civil strife. But nothing will test their spirit more than the years during and after the Civil War. When Union soldiers filled the courthouse, neighbors sought revenge. A once-close community will strain under occupation. This was more than the end of the Civil War—it was the beginning of a new, uncertain South.
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The Emigrants: A Florida Historical Biography
The first book in a series of three, The Emigrants follows the real-life Walker family in their journey to a frontier that had only been a part of the new nation for less than a decade.
From Harmony to Hostility: A Historical Biography About Florida’s Path to the Civil War
From Harmony to Hostility is the real-life story of Mary Walker Andrews, a strong-willed woman who perseveres through life's trials and tribulations. Set against the backdrop of Antebellum Florida, this tale follows Mary's journey from 1845 to the beginning of the Civil War in 1861. It is the second book in the series.
Palmetto Pioneers: An Award Winning Series
The national Independent Publishers awarded the first book an IPPY bronze medal Nonfiction in the Southeast. Also, the Florida Authors and Publishers Association awarded it two gold medals for History and Biography and a silver for its Cover Design. It was also a finalist for General History and Best New Nonfiction with the international American Book Fest Best Book Awards.
The second book in the series is a Forword INDIES Book of the Year finalist for Nonfiction in the Southeast and was awarded a bronze medal for History at the Florida Authors and Publishers Association, President’s Book Awards.
In Book 1, The Emigrants, Mary Adeline Walker, a South Carolina cattleman’s daughter, followed her family into the wilds of territorial Florida in 1829. In frontier Florida, the enemy is nature and man, and the ordinary must become extraordinary—or perish.
In Book 2, From Harmony to Hostility, after Mary marries William, a gentleman from Washington, DC, they embark on what appears to be a life of perfect harmony in Florida. That is until outside forces bear down on their happiness. Both survived an earlier Indian war, but can they and their children survive a war that engulfs an entire nation? This narrative historical nonfiction book tells their captivating true story of prosperity, Florida in the Civil War, and the devastation of their homeland.
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Old Florida Church
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Walker Land Near Elizabeth
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Walker Land Near Elizabeth
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Road to the Elizabeth Community & Cemetery
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Fort Pickens on Santa Rosa Island Near Pensacola
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Fort Brooke (present day Tampa)
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A Stick & Mud Chimney
The Author
Palmetto Pioneers was researched and written by Cindy Roe Littlejohn, the 3rd Great Granddaughter of the novel’s main character Mary Adeline Walker.
