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
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SUBJECT |
Reno, Jane Wood fast |
Subject |
Women journalists -- Florida -- Miami -- Biography
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Women journalists
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Florida -- Miami
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Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780813065472 |
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081306547X |
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