Joe Knetsch
Joe Knetsch is an American historian and author. In 2019 his book of essays about the history of Tallahassee, Florida and its surroundings was published.[1]
Knetsch has a B.S. from Western Michigan University, an M.A. from Florida Atlantic University and a Ph.D. from Florida State University.[2] He has taught at the secondary and collegiate levels, and worked as a historian for the Department of Environmental Protection and Department of Natural Resources.[2][3] The University of South Florida has a collection of his papers.[3]
Knetsch has written papers on the history of surveying and various aspects of Florida's history and landscape.[4][3] He has written about Hamilton Disston.[5] He has also written about Pembroke Pines[6] and the Armed Occupation Act of 1842.[7] He translated an 1856 letter from Smith Mowry to Jefferson Davis about Indian Key, Florida.[8]
Knetsch lives in Tallassee with his wife Linda.[6]
An H-Net review of his book on the Seminole Wars lauded the images, maps, and diagrams he included.[9]
Bibliography
- Forts, Ports, Canals and Wars: An Uncommon History of Tallahassee & Surrounding Areas (2019)
- Edge of Armageddon: Florida and the Cuban Missile Crisis, Outskirts Press, a collection of essays edited with Nick Wynne
- History of the Third Seminole War, 1849-1858, Casemate publishing, written with John and Mary Lou Missall
- Fear and Anxiety on the Florida Frontier, 2015
- Florida in the Spanish-American War, 2011, with Nick Wynne
- Robert Ker and the Resurvey of the Forbes Purchase Line, 2007
- Faces On The Frontier, 2006[10]
- The Big Arredondo Grant: A Study in Confusion, 1991[11]
References
- ^ "Joe Knetsch essays dig into Tallahassee area's 'Uncommon History'". Tallahassee Democrat.
- ^ a b "Florida Bookman: The burdens and pleasures of being a public historian". Tallahassee Democrat.
- ^ a b c "Joe Knetsch collection". digital.lib.usf.edu.
- ^ "Profile: Joe Knetsch". ResearchGate.
- ^ Grunwald, Michael (October 31, 2006). The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9781416537274 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Knetsch, Joe (1 July 2010). "Pembroke Pines: The City That Almost Wasn't". Broward Legacy. 30 (1): 8 – via journals.fcla.edu.
- ^ http://digitalcollections.fiu.edu/tequesta/files/1993/93_1_04.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "IK Mowry 1856 Letter". www.keyshistory.org.
- ^ https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=9759 [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Books by Joe Knetsch (Author of Florida's Seminole Wars 1817-1858)". www.goodreads.com.
- ^ Knetsch, Joe (13 April 1991). "The Big Arredondo Grant: A Study in Confusion". publisher not identified – via Google Books.