Tag Archives: Frederick Delius

In the Ghost of Delius’s Lost Orange Grove

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After he died, his sister said his spirit still visited this place. But how do you lose an orange grove? Two miles down a flooded dirt road, I’m looking for a lost memorial and the ghostly remains of old orange trees. The cottage was moved 60 years ago, but the coquina marker to Frederick Delius and the “sound of place” still stands.

Recalling Book Burnings at Jacksonville University

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The 1970 Jacksonville University yearbook, the Riparian, was a collector’s item before the year was out. That fraternity members burned the book helped. So did the national news of JU’s president’s threatening to withhold the editor’s diploma. Half a century later, JU grads treasure it as an almost sacred object.