{"product_id":"i-am-grey-eyes-a-story-of-old-florida-9781495343681","title":"I Am Grey Eyes: A Story of Old Florida","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1767 travel into Florida was difficult. The Spanish held St. Augustine for almost 200 years as a military camp but now they were gone. British Governor James Grant wrote letters about his good friend, \u003cb\u003ethe Indian Grey Eyes\u003c\/b\u003e who took 500 cattle from Georgia down into unmapped Florida. He helped to blaze a new road, one that would lead to the planned Minorcan settlement of New Smyrna to the south. It would be called \u003cb\u003eThe King's Road\u003c\/b\u003e and would exist from 1774 to 1914 as the main entry into Florida\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn early Florida adventure with Grey Eyes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSee Colonial British Florida with the eyes of a Seminole Indian. The white men do strange things as a young boy meets the demands of passage and becomes a Seminole cattleman in Florida as so many really were. He will move through many adventures that describe the true history of early Florida. Reading \u003cb\u003eI am Grey Eyes\u003c\/b\u003e will bring you a better feeling for the often dry historical events that now will connect into a life story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFlorida author William P. (Bill) Ryan creates historical fiction based on real characters, letters and original documents. Grey Eyes will tell you of the terrible Seminole War of 1835, the destruction of the great Bulow plantation, Minorcan settlers, and the exodus of Seminoles and their black companions to the Indian Territory in the West.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWho was this Grey Eyes?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiscover the legend of The Lost Colony, a great Florida slave uprising, and other early Florida stories by following original maps and the stories of Grey Eyes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor William P. Ryan\u003c\/b\u003e is a Director of the Flagler County Historical Society. He brings history to life with his first person style. The Old Kings Road Series of books include: \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Search for Old Kings Road\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eI am Grey Eyes a story of old Florida\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eOsceola his capture and Seminole legends\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBulow Gold\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFlorida's Door to Time\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso available on Amazon Kindle books\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-3550253\"\u003eWilliam P. Ryan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/11\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781495343681\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1495343685\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS031000\"\u003eRevolutionary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam P. Ryan (Bill) retired to Palm Coast Florida with his wife Pat after some 65 years in the high technology photographic industry. His technical interests and early experience as a journalist (Buffalo Evening News and Courier Express) later brought him some fame as a speaker and writer for groups such as The Professional Photographers of America, where he was awarded the degree of \"craftsman,\" the White House Press Photographers, and other groups where he introduced new lighting techniques for color illustration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e He was CEO of several well known technical marketing companies and helped to develop one of the first digital color print systems for high quality photo color paper. Early in his career he worked in the Professional Products Advertising Department of Ansco, Binghamton, N.Y., one of America's oldest photo firms. Here he became involved in photo history via original plates and prints of Civil War Photographer Mathew Brady then at Ansco. His career and contacts took him to many European and Asian countries via the then international photographic industry. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArriving in Florida in 1991 Bill helped to create Flagler County's first Internet site, back in the primitive days. This then brought him into the history of Flagler located between St. Augustine and Daytona Beach on Florida's Atlantic Coast.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBill Ryan loves to collect stories, often those never told or known before. He writes in a first person style and tells how many of these stories arrived at his door often in a amazing manner. He is not a professional historian but writes what he believes \"really did happen\" based on his original documents and research.\u003cb\u003e Door to Time in Florida\u003c\/b\u003e is his latest and involves some time experiments by Nikola Tesla!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Createspace Independent Publishing Platform","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42639625978093,"sku":"9781495343681","price":22.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_caf7b3de-4ac2-49dd-ae79-c5350cfd475b.jpg?v=1649055609","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/i-am-grey-eyes-a-story-of-old-florida-9781495343681","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}