H. P. Lovecraft in DeLand
When H. P. Lovecraft came to DeLand, he expected a seasoned publisher. Instead, he met a gangly teenager with a small press. Together, they would make literary history.
Zora Neale Hurston on the Halifax
Zora Neale Hurston was part of Daytona Beach’s waterfront community during the 1940s, when she lived at the Howard Boat Works.
The Open Boat: Stephen Crane’s Florida Story
Shipwrecked off the coast of Daytona and Ponce Inlet, journalist Stephen Crane rowed to shore through cold surf and immortalized the experience in this enduring American classic. The Wreck of …