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  • The Smallest Tadpole's War in the Land of Mysterious Waters

  • By: Diane Swearingen
  • Narrated by: Jim Seybert
  • Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
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The Smallest Tadpole's War in the Land of Mysterious Waters

By: Diane Swearingen
Narrated by: Jim Seybert
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The Smallest Tadpole’s War in the Land of Mysterious Waters is based on a true story, a family story. It is part of the Florida Special Collection at the State Library of Florida, and the Florida History Collection at the University of Florida Smathers Library, Florida State Strozier Library and Gulf Coast State College.

In early 1861, Florida was a rural frontier state that had joined the Union just 15 years before. Its population of 140,000 was by far the smallest of any of the states that formed the Confederacy. Nearly 63,000 of the population were African Americans, most of whom were slaves working in an agricultural-based economy. The majority of the white population was relatively poor and rural. In the 1860s, a Northern newspaper referred to Florida as "the smallest tadpole in the dirty pool of succession."
©2015 Diane Swearingen (P)2018 Diane Swearingen
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The human side of a bloody conflict

The smallest tadpole offers a glimpse into the American civil war at ground level and tells a very engaging and heartfelt story of what life was like for people going through one of the biggest events in US history.

The story is delivered excellently by Jim Seybert. His Southern accent offers a level of authenticity to the tale and I felt like an old friend was telling me his life story which kept me enthralled throughout.

An excellent bite size piece of history.

I was given this audiobook free of charge in exchange for an unbiased review.

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