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Author Hurchalla, George

Title The Extraordinary Life of Jane Wood Reno Miami's Trailblazing Journalist
Published Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (260 p.)
Contents Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction: Genius -- 1 Miami's Roaring Twenties -- 2 Greece -- 3 Summer 1931 -- 4 The Depression -- 5 The Best We Could -- 6 Back to School -- 7 Barefoot and Pregnant -- 8 World War II -- 9 The WASP Nest -- 10 Gambling and the Everglades -- 11 The Trailblazer -- 12 The Miccosukees -- 13 Osceolas and Tigers -- 14 Adventure -- 15 Brenda Starr -- 16 A Test of Wills -- 17 A Career Turn -- 18 The Last Gasp -- 19 Publicity! -- 20 An Unusual Grandmother -- 21 Life after Henry -- 22 Just Call Me Mud -- 23 Go Gator, and Muddy the Waters -- Notes
Summary Journalist, activist, and adventurer, Jane Wood Reno was one of the most groundbreaking and colorful American women of the twentieth century. Told by her grandson, George Hurchalla, this is an intimate biography of a free thinker who shattered barriers during the explosive early years of Miami
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Bibliography Sources -- Index -- About the Author
Subject Reno, Jane Wood
SUBJECT Reno, Jane Wood fast
Subject Women journalists -- Florida -- Miami -- Biography
Women journalists
Florida -- Miami
Genre/Form Biographies
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780813065472
081306547X