Tropic Moon Media
In 2013, Charles Kropke and Eleanor Goldstein combined their interests to create the company, Tropic Moon Media. Charles has spent more than twenty years creating special tours throughout South Florida. Eleanor has been an educator and publisher of databases used by tens of thousands of institutions worldwide. They share an interest in adventure, ecology, and history that became the foundation of Tropic Moon Media. They have produced books and documentaries about Miami Beach and the Florida Everglades.
The singular most important documentary ever made of the plight, the successes and the prospects for solutions to vexing problems on the Everglades’ restoration.
The Unseen Everglades
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Miami Beach
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Abraham K. Allison, Florida Sixth Governor captured by the Union
Abraham Kurkindolle Allison was born in Jones County, Georgia on December 10, 1814, to Captain James and Sarah Fannin Allison. He worked as a merchant in both Columbus, Georgia, and in Henry County, Alabama after he graduated from school. Allison’s political career...
John Milton, Florida’s Fifth and the Civil War Governor
In October 1861, after using his skills as a lawyer, John Milton successfully advocated for the secession of Florida from the Union and became its fifth governor. Rather than sending men, the state then became the major supplier of food and salt for the Confederacy....
Florida’s Fourth Governor; Madison S. Perry he reinstated the state’s militia
Madison S. Perry was the youngest child born to Benjamin and Mary (nee Starke) Petty in 1814 in Lancaster County, South Carolina. While attending South Carolina College, now known as the University of South Carolina, he was a member of the Euphradian Society a...
Florida’s Third Governor; the Veto Governor
Governor James E. Broome Sr. James Emilius Broome was born on December 15, 1808, to John and Janet Broome in Hamburg, Aiken County, South Carolina. He moved to Florida in 1837 where he engaged in the mercantile business until 1841 when he retired. Broome was married...
Thomas Brown; Florida’s Second Governor
Thomas Brown, born October 24, 1785, in Westmoreland County, Virginia to William and Margaret Brown. Westmoreland County was also the home to both George Washington and James Monroe. During the War of 1812, Brown was an aid to General John P. Hungerford. After he...
Florida’s sixth territorial Governor; John Branch
The son of Colonel John Richard Branch and Rebecca Branch, wealthy landowners, John Branch, Jr. was born on November 4, 1782, in Halifax County, North Carolina. While attending the University of North Carolina, he was a member of the Philanthropic Society, where he...
Coffee Table and Historical Books
South Beach
Recently, the Miami Beach Design Preservation League (MDPL) selected “SOUTH BEACH: Stories of a Renaissance” as its feature book for MDPL Reads, a community reading program. The “coffee table” souvenir book was also featured during Art Deco Weekend, an annual event organized by MDPL that brings hundreds of thousands of visitors to Ocean Drive, Collins Avenue, Lincoln Road and the other storied streets of South Beach.
“The book is a treasure trove of stories, photos and original artwork that brings South Beach to life,” says Goldstein, noting it took more than two years of interviews and research to create the book. “We have featured the people who transformed the empty, mosquito infested island of the early 1900s into the most recognized international resort in the world.” Read more
South Beach
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Miami Beach
Noted author and adventurer, Charles J. Kropke traces the Illustrious 100 year history of Miami Beach (1815-2015). The book celebrates the Miami Beach Centennial, tracing the illustrious history of this storied island from the mid-1800s to present. It will highlight the lives of early pioneers and the visionary civic and business leaders who turned an uninhabited sandy island into today’s international visitor destination – and the many booms and busts along the way.
“Miami Beach has welcomed many waves of people through the decades,” Kropke says. In the 1910s and ’20s, tens of thousands of winter visitors from the northern states came each year, and hotels, restaurants and other businesses sprung up to cater to their needs. Read more
Miami Beach
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