Written by Edward Bok and published in 1915 by the Curtis Publishing Company I MAKE my living trying to edit the “Ladies’ Home Journal.” And because the public has been most generous […]
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Whatever shortcomings I may have found during my fifty-year period of Americanization; however America may have failed to help my transition from a foreigner into an American, I owe to her
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In March, annual counting of all the Brooksville Bellflower, Campanula robinsiae, was performed at each population by the Rare Plant Conservation Program (RPCP) and project partners including the Florida Department
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Rough draft found in the Nellie Lee Bok Archive. Handwritten by Edward Bok in October, 1928. The purpose of the Mountain Lake Sanctuary and the Singing Tower is four-fold. First:
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When I came to the United States as a lad of six, the most needful lesson for me, as a boy, was the necessity for thrift. I had been taught in
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This year, Bok Tower Gardens will host its 97th Annual Easter Sunrise Service. Despite two years of virtual services, the service remains tje Gardens’ first and oldest tradition. The picture
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The announcement of Edward Bok’s retirement came as a great surprise to his friends. Save for one here and there, who had a clearer vision, the feeling was general that he
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