Kevin McCarthy

KEVIN M. McCARTHY is a historian and professor who has published more than 36 books on Florida history, covering subjects including baseball, football, lighthouses, shipwrecks, and African American history.

McCarthy received the Charlton Tebeau Award from the Florida Historical Society in 1994 and the Patrick Smith Literary Prize in 1999. He served as professor emeritus and distinguished alumni professor of Florida studies and English at the University of Florida, where he taught for 33 years.

When not writing, McCarthy has taught as a Peace Corps volunteer in Turkey, in Lebanon, and as a Fulbright Professor in Saudi Arabia, and has given writing workshops in Vietnam. That international engagement in education runs through his decades of work documenting Florida history.

Kevin lives in Gainesville, Florida.

Kevin McCarthy’s books are published by Turner Publishing.

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