CAPT. BEN MARLER of Destin, Florida, is an expert fisherman, and "fisher of men." From 1963 - 1999 operating Her Majesty and Her Highness, Her Majesty II, and Emmanuel, all 100-120 passenger party vessels, he taught more than half million people how to fish in his famous morning fishing lesson. He also spent many years studying the Word of God and putting it into immediate action. He still arises at 4 o'clock in the morning to read 4 chapters from his bible and to submit himself to God according to Ephesians 2:10, his favorite scripture. This book, an evangelist's log, was inspired by his...

You will love "Emma" A fixture of Destin for 37 years and the only black person actually living there. Always wacky, wonderful and wise; her truisms will crack you up. A mystery persona who came from an isolated, "lost" cotton plantation in Alabama that remained unchanged for 130 years--even she never knew her own age. She cleaned house and raised the children of millionaires, and gave us advice on clothing, men and marriage. Emma turned out to be a descendent of a smuggled slave named Dave, on the most magnificent sailing yacht in America, an event which led directly to the Civil War In her...