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- NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Rivers
- PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical
- PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials)
- SPORTS & RECREATION / Fishing
- TRAVEL / Pictorials (see also PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional)
- HISTORY / United States / General
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
- NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Rivers
- PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical
- PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials)
- SPORTS & RECREATION / Fishing
- TRAVEL / Pictorials (see also PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional)
Historic Tales of Gasparilla Island
9781467151702
Regular price $21.99 Sale price $15.39 Save 30%Hop aboard the Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railway for a trip across the trestle to Gasparilla Island.
Natural beauty and the sportfishing life brought the Cabots, Vanderbilts and Du Ponts to this island paradise, where local fishing families danced, ate and drank with the rich and famous at their castles on the beach. As the wealthy played, they relied on locals for everything from fishing charters to literally laundering and ironing their money. These are tales of 1920s rum smugglers whose offspring smuggled marijuana in the 1970s, a woman who caught 236 tarpon in one season and a bar owner whose Pink Elephant restaurant fed American presidents. James Bond's Goldfinger even has a part as an island player. From Placida to Boca Grande Pass to Cabbage Key, fourth-generation Gasparilla Islander David Futch offers a wild ride with Bull Bay hermits and billionaires.

Historic Sanibel & Captiva Islands
9781609493554
Regular price $21.99 Sale price $15.39 Save 30%The story of Sanibel and Captiva Islands stretches back over three centuries, to a time when Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon tried to subdue the Calusa Indians.
The next few centuries were flooded with pioneers, fishermen and clergymen in their quest to tame the wilderness in search of a better life. Discover how anthropologist Frank Cushing visited pioneer Sam Ellis in 1895 after the farmer discovered bones on his homestead and how President Theodore Roosevelt's men saved a little girl from drowning when he lived on a houseboat in Captiva to study local marine life. Join local history columnist Jeri Magg as she recounts the storied history of these little slices of paradise.

Preserving Paradise:
9781596291522
Regular price $21.99 Sale price $15.39 Save 30%The intriguing history of Key West can be deciphered through the architecture of its buildings--each façade and portico offers another subtle detail in the island-city's larger story. Preserving Paradise, by author and executive director of the Historic Florida Keys Foundation George Born, reveals the nuances of Key West's architecture and uses it to illuminate many aspects of Conch Republic history.
With a warm, readable style, Born explores a range of topics, including Key West's prevalent architectural styles, the preservation of historic structures, the history of building materials, and the effect of hurricanes on the city's architectural heritage. Committed to preserving Key West's architecture and the past it represents, Born explains in detail just why Key West is so architecturally unique, and why the city's buildings, streets and neighborhoods are a repository of history that can be discovered by experts and weekend visitors alike.

Remembering Plant City
9781596292437
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Gulf Coast Chronicles:
9781596290297
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Remembering Lee County:
9781596291027
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Remembering St. Petersburg, Florida
9781596291225
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Remembering Orlando
9781596291720
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Remembering St. Petersburg, Florida
9781596291201
Regular price $21.99 Sale price $15.39 Save 30%Not long ago, though, St. Petersburg was little more than a quiet, fledgling village--a smaller, quainter Sunshine City with seemingly limitless potential. Through a fascinating series of events, driven by a cast of colorful and ambitious characters, St. Petersburg grew into a first-rate Florida city, and it continues to flourish today.
Remembering St. Petersburg, Florida: Sunshine City Stories provides an intriguing look at St. Petersburg's past, and highlights the contributions of a bevy of extraordinary individuals whose efforts and exploits shaped the city's history. Included are the stories of founder J. C. Williams and developer Hamilton Disston, who overcame their differences and worked with other visionaries like Edwin H. Tomlinson to lay a foundation for the city's success; C. A. Harvey, a man with a fierce determination to make St. Petersburg a true port city; Henry Hibbs, champion of the effort to bring world-class fishing to the area; and many more. In this unique collection of historical vignettes, local resident and historian Scott Taylor Hartzell provides a captivating account of St. Petersburg's history, sure to interest and entertain residents and visitors alike.

Remembering Jacksonville
9781596297814
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This entertaining collection of Dorothy Fletcher's ""By the Wayside"" columns will help you remember what it was like to see the world and Jacksonville with a sense of wonder and enthusiasm. From Marineland to the Soul Searchers to Peterson's 5 & 10, Remembering Jacksonville captures this coastal community's glory days, including fond recollections from local citizens who responded to the original columns.

Remembering Fort Myers
9781596291010
Regular price $21.99 Sale price $15.39 Save 30%In Remembering Fort Myers: The City of Palms, author Prudy Taylor Board has compiled a collection of historical articles about the intriguing, but little known, people and events in the city's history. Board traces the development of the city's prestigious neighborhoods and parks, while introducing readers to some of the most captivating and eccentric characters.

Quintessential Sarasota
9781596290235
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Winter Park Chronicles
9781609490744
Regular price $21.99 Sale price $15.39 Save 30%husband and wife team Gayle and Steve Rajtar as they remember the people, places and organizations that shaped Winter Park into the storied city it is today. Culled from their popular historical column published in Winter Park Magazine, each chapter adds a colorful piece of history to the Winter Park mosaic. From the founding of celebrated institutions like Rollins College to the formation of beloved parks like the Kraft Azalea Garden, this collection captures the essence of Winter Park

Volusia County's West Side
9781596295629
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Melbourne Beach:
9781596291744
Regular price $19.99 Sale price $13.99 Save 30%During the forty-five years that Frank Thomas has lived in this small community on Florida's eastern coast, he has taken it upon himself to dig into old records and document the oral histories of the "old timers" who made the town what it is today. The result is a witty, poignant account of Melbourne Beach residents' adventures, victories, tragedies, and comedies,

Life Along the Apalachicola River
9781626197510
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Legends and Tales:
9781596290600
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Legends and Tales, Volume II:
9781596290709
Regular price $19.99 Sale price $13.99 Save 30%Written in a conversational style that is accessible and easy-going, Harvey brings the reader face to face with some of St. Augustine's most interesting characters. The resulting narrative allows the storytellers to paint a picture of the "oldest city" that is rarely found in other written histories.
Including sections about the history of the African American community in St. Augustine and accounts from the city's legendary "Mr. St. Johns County" Dan Mickler, Legends and Tales, Volume II continues to open doors to St. Augustine's vast history.

Panama City Beach
9781609491413
Regular price $21.99 Sale price $15.39 Save 30%Preserved in these pages are the rich and storied history of the scenic waterfront town of Panama City Beach.
In a collection of nostalgic and lighthearted vignettes, local author Jeannie Weller Cooper recounts the history of Panama City Beach, the barrier islands and beach for old Panama City. First inhabited by Native Americans in the years before the Spanish arrived in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Panama City Beach has always proved a good hideout for fugitives, from Native Americans fleeing from European invaders to runaway slaves, Civil War soldiers, outlaws and rumrunners. In 1929, the first Hathaway Bridge was completed; connecting Greater Panama City to the beach, but the lagoon and the beach remained a sleepy curiosity until the bombing of Pearl Harbor mobilized the United States to war. Now Panama City Beach is home to thousands of residents, as well as being a renowned tourist destination.

Palm Beach Past
9781596291157
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