Backroads of Paradise: A Journey to Rediscover Old Florida

ISBN-13: 9780813064604 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 256 str.

Cathy Salustri

Opis

In the 1930s, the Federal Writers' Project paid Stetson Kennedy and Zora Neale Hurston, along with other lesser-known writers, to create driving tours of Florida. The FWP and the State of Florida jointly published the results as Florida: A Guide to the Southernmost State. In Backroads of Paradise, Cathy Salustri retraces the routes these writers traveled, bringing a modern eye to the historic tours.

Spis treści

• Prologue
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Salty Oysters, Sugar Sand, and Royal Reds (US 98)
• Rainforest Gardens, Blue Springs, and the Loss of Here (US 17)
• Whitewater, Carnies, and a Forgotten Island (US 41)
• Gators, Skunk Apes, and Florida’s Final Frontier (US 41, Naples to Miami)
• Christmas, Nude Beaches, and the Space Program (SR 50)
• How to Measure a Gator, the Sandhill Crane Project, and Yeehaw Junction (SR 60)
• Reptile World, Catfish, and Dinners and Shows (US 192)
• Dollar General, Florida’s First Dumb Criminals, and a Sunken Rainforest (US 441)
• Queen George, Rattlesnakes, and Peacocks (US 92)
• Mastadons, Citrus Candy, and the Spine of the State (US 27)
• Shells, Sugar, and 1928 (SR 80 and around Lake Okeechobee)
• Tarantulas, Day of the Cowboy, and the Sharks of the Peace River (SR 70)
• Shrimp, Clams, and a Creative Tourist Tax (SR 24)
• Mermaids, Manatees, and Watermelon Queens (US 19)
• The Confederacy, the Criminally Insane, and Cotton (US 90)
• Franchise-less Florida, Sand Dunes of Snow, and Sawmill Queens (US 29)
• Cotton, Community, and Corn (US 231)
• Death Row, the World’s Best Grocery Store, and Finding Gold (SR 100)
• Sour Orange Pie, the Green Swamp, and Strawberry Queens (US 301)
• The Unluckiest Town in Florida, Caves, and Two Egg (SR 71)
• Paradise (A1A)
• Bibliographic Essay