Sorry to write there will be a further delay in getting a color version out and back on the regular schedule for a few weeks while new coloring and guide books are being produced.
Here is where they are:
View Backoff! in a larger map
These are most of the resources used for the Swampy’s Florida series:
Explore Sarasota and Vincinity
Sarasota – A History by Jeff LaHurd
The Story of Sarasota by Karl H. Grismer
Yesterday’s Sarasota by Del Marth
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On Saturday, May 19th, from noon until 3pm Swampy will be with 11 other authors & illustrators at Half Off Books in Orange City, Florida debuting the newest in the series, Swampy’s Florida: Wildlife on Land. Rob Smith, Jr. will be signing and doodling in each one a personal sketch.
In the foreground is the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Downtown Tampa. The cars may have changed, but the buildings today are generally the same as when this photo was taken some 50 years ago.
Here’s an unmarked postcard of the Vero Beach shuffleboard courts. They are still there though the structures around it are very different and that water tower in the background is gone.
Here are the Weeki Wachee mermaids of 1967! This postmarked postcard was sent by “Ellen, Jim and fam.” to McKean, Pa. The postmark is from Pinellas Park.
