"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...
A little-known yet fascinating chapter of Florida history
"An outstanding work."--Seth Bramson, author of Speedway to Sunshine: The Story of the Florida East Coast Railway
"A thorough and engaging look at Florida's railroad history, especially the formative pre-1900 decades."--Larry Goolsby, author of Atlantic Coast Line Passenger Service: The Postwar Years
It is safe to say that without railroads, Florida wouldn't be what it is today. Railroads connected the state's important cities and towns, conquered the peninsula's vast and seemingly impenetrable interior, ushered in...
A little-known yet fascinating chapter of Florida history
"An outstanding work."--Seth Bramson, author of Speedway to Sunshine: The Story of ...
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...
Traces the long standing effort to build a canal across Florida
"Offers timeless lessons about pork-barrel politics and the power of citizen-environmentalism. Most important, it reminds us that today's economic coup may well be tomorrow's environmental crisis."--Cynthia Barnett, author of Mirage "Ties the exploitation of the Ocklawaha to Florida history across nearly two centuries. Moreover, they bring to life the personalities of canal supporters and detractors, including such dynamic individuals as Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Claude Pepper, and Marjorie Harris...
Traces the long standing effort to build a canal across Florida
"Offers timeless lessons about pork-barrel politics and the power of citizen-e...
"Jeff Klinkenberg is the ghost orchid of Florida nonfiction; an observer who prefers swamps and shadows to sunshine banalities; a prose writer of distinction whose roots seek out, then elegantly entwine, that which is fine and funny, outrageous and rare about our beloved state. Alligators in B-Flat is a virtuoso performance, and proves, once again, that Klinkenberg is among our finest writers."--Randy Wayne White "You read this fine writer and you stare with him into the canals for the dark shape of a manatee and listen for rumors of alligators and stand over the grave of a green...
"Jeff Klinkenberg is the ghost orchid of Florida nonfiction; an observer who prefers swamps and shadows to sunshine banalities; a prose writer of dist...
"A necessity for every African American who has ever lived in Dade County, or South Florida for that matter."--Garth Reeves, publisher emeritus, Miami Times
"A very ambitious project, and therein lies its great contribution: no one before has written a comprehensive history of Greater Miami's unique black community."--Paul S. George, Miami Dade Community College
The first book devoted to the history of African Americans in south Florida and their pivotal role in the growth and development of Miami, Black Miami in the Twentieth Century traces their triumphs,...
"A necessity for every African American who has ever lived in Dade County, or South Florida for that matter."--Garth Reeves, publisher emeritus,
