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Book on history of Florida sheriffs
featured in Florida Lecture Series

LAKELAND, Fla. (Oct. 15, 2001) - Florida Southern College presents authors William W. Rogers, professor emeritus of history, Florida State University, and James M. Denham, professor of history, FSC, as guest speakers at the Florida Lecture Series Thursday, Oct. 18. The event will be held at 7 p.m. in the Hollis Room on campus.

Rogers and Denham will discuss their recently published book, Florida Sheriffs: A History, 1821-1945. The book details the history of the Florida sheriffs' offices and the men who held those positions. The first documented and comprehensive account of the state's sheriffs, the work is based mainly on published and unpublished primary sources.

Rogers has authored numerous books and articles. He is co-author of Alabama: A History of a Deep South State and the recently reprinted The One-Gallused Rebellion: Agrarianism in Alabama, 1865-1896 (Tuscaloosa, 2000).

Denham is author of A Rogue's Paradise: Crime and Punishment in Antebellum Florida, 1821-1826 (Tuscaloosa, 1997) and, with Canter Brown, Jr., of Cracker Times and Pioneer Lives: the Florida Reminiscences of George Gillet Keen and Sarah Pamela Williams (Columbia, 2000).

Florida Sheriffs is published by Sentry Press and can be purchased at bookstores or through the Florida Sheriffs Association. The Florida Lecture Series at Florida Southern College is free and open to the public.

About Florida Southern College
Florida Southern is a four-year, private, co-educational liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The college offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and a master of business administration degree accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Located in Lakeland, Fla., the college is home to the largest, single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world.

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