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Works Consulted:

Key West on the Edge: Inventing the Conch Republic
amazon.com/gp/product/0813038057/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0813038057&linkCode=as2&tag=waisbo-20&linkId=KWN2JJNB7LWQV5VW

Barnett, W. C., & Barnet, W. C. (2009). Inventing the Conch Republic: The Creation of Key West as an Escape from Modern America. The Florida Historical Quarterly, 88(2), 139–172. jstor.org/stable/20700280

Conch History
defactoborders.org/places/conch-republic

conchrepublic.com
kingofconch.com/conch-republic-history
floridahistorynetwork.com/april-23-1982---keys-secede-from-union-create-conch-republic.html
floridahistorynetwork.com/uploads/2/5/3/4/25341746/5839884_orig.jpg?1398256650 medium.com/war-is-boring/key-west-declared-a-faux-war-on-the-united-states-in-1982-f2c40b429e75
vice.com/en/article/4x9n8d/that-time-the-florida-keys-tried-to-secede-from-the-us-by-dropping-conch-fritter-bombs
myfloridahistory.org/frontiers/article/14

The Conch Republic today

kingofconch.com/citizenship
conchrepublic.com/passport-qa
conchrepublic.com/events
conchrepublicmilitaryforces.com

Conch Fritters: a Recipe
ediblecommunities.com/recipes/key-west-conch-fritters