Cesar A. Becerra \;is a South Florida historian who&rsquo\;s taken part in chronicling and sharing the stories o f the region for two decades. He is the author of half a dozen books rangi ng from hiking the Appalachian Trail to the logging history of the Big Cyp ress Preserve. He is the former publisher of The Everglade Magazine\, an a ward winning publication printed during Everglades National Park&rsquo\;s 50th anniversary. He has walked\, hiked\, slogged\, canoed\, kayaked\, air boated and swamp buggied all across the Everglades. In 1997\, The Miami H erald named him an &ldquo\;Everglades Evangelist&rdquo\;. Cesar&rsquo\;s l ove for the past and sense of adventure is where his two world&rsquo\;s un ite. He has a penchant for hidden history and knows no boundaries or dista nces when it comes to searching for it. His most recent book \;Orange Blossom 2.0\, tells the untold story of Miami&rsquo\;s &ldquo\;Other Mothe r&rdquo\; Mary Brickell. For 25 years\, Cesar has been on a fact-finding m ission amassing documents and proof that Mary Bulmer Brickell could very w ell be the most marginalized female founder in Miami history.
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\nBeatrice (Bea) Brickell\, an attorney who practiced internatio nal law in Washington\, D.C.\, is the great-granddaughter of South Florida pioneers Mary and William Brickell. Her young years in Miami were filled with bay breezes\, palm shadows\, and visits to her grandmother&rsquo\;s h ome just a few feet from the epicenter of where her great-grandparents hel ped to birth a city. She is also the steward of critical family documents and artifacts that have been key in telling Mary Brickell&rsquo\;s story.< /p>\nhttps://mdpls.libnet.info/event/8545877 URL;VALUE=URI:https://mdpls.libnet.info/event/8545877 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR