{"title":"Kevin McCarthy","description":"\u003cp\u003eKEVIN 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMcCarthy 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKevin lives in Gainesville, Florida.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKevin McCarthy’s books are published by Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"historic-photos-of-university-of-florida-football","title":"Historic Photos of University of Florida Football","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen the Florida Agricultural College in Lake City became the University of Florida and moved south to Gainesville in 1906, it had a very fledgling football team, although worthy opponents were difficult to find. Little by little, as the school increased in size and reputation, its football team attracted higher-performing athletes and sterner opponents until it was willing to play any team in the country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1966, the team had its first Heisman Trophy winner, but it was not until 30 years later that UF won its first national championship. Since then UF has chalked up two more Heisman Trophy winners and two more national championships.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHistoric Photos of University of Florida Football\u003c\/em\u003e chronicles the rise of one of the premier football programs in the country through hundreds of black-and-white photographs, each of them captioned and with introductions. The book includes photos of the university and the surrounding community to which the \"Fightin’ Gators” have become so much an integral part.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1684420806\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781684420803\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Kevin McCarthy","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43297522319576,"sku":"9781684420803","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9781684420803_FC_mockup_v2_1664296637_b21c663d-ec03-4f18-89d8-8826bf812e6d.jpg?v=1791052402"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-kevin-mccarthy.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}