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The term Florida Western is used to describe a small number of films and literary works set in the 19th century, particularly around the time of the
A series of novels about Florida in the 19th century and their Florida cracker characters have been called cracker Westerns.[1][2]
Literature
In 1895 Frederic Remington and Owen Wister traveled to Florida to write a story on Florida's cowboys for Harper's Weekly.[3]
In the 1990s a series of cracker Westerns by several authors were published.[citation needed]
In 2014 Rough Edges Press published Palmetto Empire by David Hardy. This novel follows the fictional adventures of backwoodsmen, outlaws, and rebels in the era of the First Seminole War.[citation needed]
Films
It was during the 1950s that most of these films were produced and many included a fictional and
One of the advantages of these types of films, however, was that the producers often used the Florida
Films which were made and could be considered Florida Westerns include:
- Drums of Destiny (1937), directed by Ray Taylor and starring Tom Keene
- The Yearling (1946) directed by Clarence Brown and starring Gregory Peck and Jane Wyman, filmed in the Ocala National Forest
- Distant Drums (1951), directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Gary Cooper
- The Barefoot Mailman (1951) directed by Earl McEvoy and starring Robert Cummings
- Shark River (1953)
- Seminole (1953), starring Anthony Quinn as Osceola
- B-grade film set during the Civil War
- Naked in the Sun (1957), one of the few films to show Native Americans being used as slaves by white Americans
- Wind Across the Everglades (1961) directed by Nicholas Ray and starring Burl Ives
- Johnny Tiger (1966)
- East German/ Cubanco-production
- Joe Panther (1976), starring Brian Keith
Notes
- ^ "Cracker Western Books". Archived from the original on March 27, 2011.
- ^ p.17 Ste Claire, Dana Cracker: The Cracker Culture in Florida History University Press of Florida, 2006
- ^ pp.57-58 Clark, James C. 200 Quick Looks at Florida History Pineapple Press Inc, 01/09/2000