Kevin M. McCarthy (born 1940) is an American historian, professor and author.[1] He was born in Gainesville, Florida and returned to live and work there as a professor at the University of Florida. He received the Charlton Tebeau Award (Charlton Tebeau) from the Florida Historical Society in 1994 for African Americans in Florida: An Illustrated History and the Patrick Smith Literary Prize (Patrick Smith) from Library of the Florida Historical Society in 1999 for A River in Flood and Other Florida Stories by Marjory Stoneman Douglas.[2]

He has written books about various aspects of Florida's history including the history of African Americans in Florida,[3] He has also written about baseball and football in Florida.[4]

Books

  • Florida Stories (1989)
  • McCarthy, Kevin M. (1990). Florida Lighthouses. University of Florida Press. ISBN 978-0-8130-0993-3.[5]
  • The Book Lover’s Guide to Florida (1992)[6]
  • Thirty Florida Shipwrecks (1992)
  • African Americans in Florida (1993)
  • The Gators and the Seminoles (1993)
  • Twenty Florida Pirates (1994)
  • Baseball in Florida (1996)[7]
  • Guide to the University of Florida and Gainesville (1997)
  • Native Americans in Florida (1999)
  • Christmas in Florida (2000)[8]
  • Aviation in Florida (2003)
  • African American Sites in Florida (2007)[9]
  • Cedar Key, Florida (2007)[10]
  • The Autobiography of Kevin M. McCarthy (2015)[11]
  • Black Florida
  • Caloosahatchee River Guidebook
  • Suwanee River Guidebook
  • St. Johns River Guidebook
  • Castles of Turkey
  • Fightin' Gators: A History of the University of Florida Football and aviation.

References

  1. "Florida Authors J to P Include Jack Kerouac and John D. MacDonald".
  2. "McCarthy, Kevin M. 1940- | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com.
  3. https://www.floridatoday.com/377705002
  4. "Interview with Kevin M. McCarthy, November 8, 1999". ufdc.ufl.edu.
  5. Beachboard, Robert B. (1 October 1992). "Kevin M. McCarthy, Florida Lighthouses (Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1990)". The Florida Geographer. 26.
  6. McCarthy, Kevin M. (October 26, 1992). The Book Lover's Guide to Florida. Pineapple Press Inc. ISBN 9781561640126 via Google Books.
  7. Gilmartin, Daniel (1998). "Review of Baseball in Florida". The Florida Historical Quarterly. 76 (3): 353–355. JSTOR 30148975.
  8. "Kevin McCarthy". english.ufl.edu.
  9. McCarthy, Kevin M. (October 26, 2007). African American Sites in Florida. Pineapple Press Inc. ISBN 9781561643851 via Google Books.
  10. McCarthy, Kevin (August 26, 2007). Cedar Key, Florida: A History. Arcadia Publishing (SC). ISBN 9781540217943 via Google Books.
  11. McCarthy, Kevin M. (January 20, 2015). The Autobiography of Kevin M. Mccarthy. Createspace Independent Pub. ISBN 9781505954623 via Google Books.


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