Another part of the Swampy’s Florida Floridana collection. This is an advertising card for the long gone and well missed Six Gun Territory in Ocala.
Florida, Land Of Images by Nixon Smiley
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Nixon Smiley has collected a series of informative essays of various historical markers in Florida history. Each is very well written and most provide a very good back story to the points in history. I wish he had more details not otherwise found in so many other volumes, but I’m not sure how unique this book was when this book was published in 1972.
There are certainly better books that cover the material here more thoroughly, but this is a nice volume to introduce people to our fantastic Florida history.
The illustrations by Bob Lamme are very good.
Bottom line: I recommend this book.
It’s ‘Take Your Houseplant For A Walk Day’ and Trilby, the baby alligator, takes his Virginia Creeper down the road.
To find the houseplant best for your home, check with the Florida Native Plant Society.
Thought I’d add another to the “National” whatever days with this for National Dance Day. This “Day” was started recently by a television program to promote their program.
So here is Trilby, the baby alligator, and Zuber, the cat, tapping their way across a stage at Ruth Eckerd Hall.
See how I tied Florida into this post! 🙂