Gator Tales: An Oral History of the University of Florida by Julian M. Pleasants
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(Hardcover - First)
- Pub. Date: August 2006
- 408pp
- Sales Rank: 646,007
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: August 2006
- Publisher: University Press of Florida
- Format: Hardcover, 408pp
- Sales Rank: 646,007
- ISBN-13: 9780813030548
- ISBN: 0813030544
- Edition Number: 1
- Edition Description: First
Synopsis
Combining history with serious and humorous recollections from faculty, administrators, athletes, and students, Gator Tales is a tapestry of personalities and participants in the evolution of UF from a small provincial campus to a major university--an entertaining, fascinating centennial read for Gators everywhere.
Biography
Julian Pleasants is professor of history at the University of Florida and has directed the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program since 1996. He is the author of several books, including Frank Porter Graham and the 1950 Senate Race in North Carolina; Buncombe Bob: The Life and Times of Robert R. Reynolds; Orange Journalism: Voices from Florida Newspapers (UPF); and Hanging Chads: The Inside Story of the 2000 Presidential Recount in Florida. Pleasants has taught more than 11,000 students and won more than a dozen teaching awards in his thirty-seven years at the university, including Teacher of the Year in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in 1989.
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