The story of Highway A1A--running north to south along 500 miles of famous Florida coastline--and its crucial role in the historic settlement and the future of a state adapting to 21st century demands. Highway A1A: Florida at the Edge is more than an insightful guide to the cities and towns along Florida s Atlantic coast. It is also the dramatic story of how tourism begat development, how development begat sprawl, and how this coastal corridor, almost out of the blue, created Florida s original year-round residential downtowns with the power to transform how Floridians live and how the...
The story of Highway A1A--running north to south along 500 miles of famous Florida coastline--and its crucial role in the historic settlement and the ...
"This path-breaking book brilliantly explains the explosive growth of Florida from 2.7 million inhabitants in 1950 to 15.9 million in 2000. It focuses on the diverse people who migrated here; the developers of tourism, beaches, shopping malls, and gated communities; new technology (from air conditioning to the space age); and the impact of this growth and development upon the environment."--James B.Crooks, professor emeritus, University of North Florida
"This is the first comprehensive social history of Florida in any of its epochs. A brilliant compilation of data, it will be the...
"This path-breaking book brilliantly explains the explosive growth of Florida from 2.7 million inhabitants in 1950 to 15.9 million in 2000. It focu...
"They were Uncle Sam's smiling workers and they looked like all-American boys. There were at least 10,000 of them, deployed in 25 Florida camps between 1942 and 1946. They were also members of the Wehrmacht, Hitler's armed forces."--Forum
"Most Americans were unaware their government was housing Hitler's soldiers on its shores. . . . Billinger weaves interviews with former prisoners, American soldiers who worked in the camps, newspaper accounts, and government documents into a stunning historical narrative."--Kansas City Star
"A tropical paradise that for some...
"They were Uncle Sam's smiling workers and they looked like all-American boys. There were at least 10,000 of them, deployed in 25 Florida camps bet...
"Effectively tells the story of a civilian company responsible for training foreign and domestic cadets, and their civilian relations within the larger context of World War II aviation history. . . . Argues that federal programs and the war formed Embry-Riddle into a premier wartime training enterprise."--Florida Historical Quarterly
"Sheds important light on a neglected but critically important aspect of the greatest air war in history."--Tom D. Crouch, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
"A tale of patriotic duty fulfilled, corporate ambition...
"Effectively tells the story of a civilian company responsible for training foreign and domestic cadets, and their civilian relations within the la...
Draws readers into its difficult subject by resorting to the dirtiest trick in the journalist s bag of tricks: great storytelling. Creative Loafing
Uncovers what ought to rank among Florida s most notorious development scandals and that s something in a state infamous for swampland scams and subprime sprawl. . . . An infuriating, all-too-familiar tale of how powerful developers, shrewd lobbyists, and callow politicians shape public policy for private profit. Miami Herald
This is an exhaustive, timely, and devastating account of the destruction of Florida s...
Draws readers into its difficult subject by resorting to the dirtiest trick in the journalist s bag of tricks: great storytelling. Creative Loa...
An homage to the rugged swamp rats who were largely overlooked or scorned by the region s historians, naturalists, and adventurers. Miami Herald
Documents an aspect of Florida history and culture of which far too little has been written. . . . Gladesmen] is alive with South Florida history and spiced with Simmons understated humor and world view. Folk Winds
Contains interesting tales of outlaws, moonshiners and other characters some who lived on the edge of right and wrong and roamed the inhospitable backcountry prairies of soft muck and massive...
An homage to the rugged swamp rats who were largely overlooked or scorned by the region s historians, naturalists, and adventurers. Miami Heral...
"In this insightful book the conflicts known as the Seminole Wars are placed in the larger context of American history. Twenty-first-century Seminole Indians and all other Floridians have been shaped in part by those nineteenth-century events."--Jerald T. Milanich, Florida Museum of Natural History
The Seminole Wars were the longest, bloodiest, and most costly of all the Indian wars fought by this nation. Written for a popular audience, this illustrated history is the first book to provide a comprehensive overview of all three wars. John and Mary Lou Missall examine not only the wars...
"In this insightful book the conflicts known as the Seminole Wars are placed in the larger context of American history. Twenty-first-century Semino...
2012 Florida Book Awards, Silver Medal for Florida Non-Fiction
"FANTASTIC. If I did not know most of the main players I would have thought the author had a vivid and twisted imagination."--Paul Martin Brown, author of Wild Orchids of Florida
"A fascinating true story of obsession, greed, and lust for the unobtainable. Reminds me a great deal of The Maltese Falcon. This rare flower is definitely the stuff that dreams are made of."--Ace Atkins, author of Devil's Garden and Infamous
"Pittman has captured the extreme competition, unique characters,...
2012 Florida Book Awards, Silver Medal for Florida Non-Fiction
"FANTASTIC. If I did not know most of the main players I would have thought the a...
First Place, Florida Outdoor Writers Association Excellence in Craft Award High speed chases, shootouts, monkey-fishing, and being urinated on: is Backcountry Lawman a thrilling non-fiction book or just a really good Saturday night? Florida Book Review "If you enjoy outdoor adventure flavored with colorful characters and wry humor, this book is for you. Follow dedicated wildlife officers as they use their wits and skills in the pursuit of poachers and wildlife law violators."--Tom Mastin, forester and managing broker, Mossy Oak Properties Legacy Realty...
First Place, Florida Outdoor Writers Association Excellence in Craft Award High speed chases, shootouts, monkey-fishing, and being urinate...
