Attention fellow fans of, what is considered the greatest fiction novel of Florida, ‘A Land Remembered’! Author Patrick Smith’s son, Rick Smith, is touring our great state presenting a multi-media event all about his father’s work to produce this Florida[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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I wish I had time to list Florida book suggestions for Christmas gifts. Here’s one of my favorites: Weeki Wachee by Lu Vickers – Well written and beautifully illustrated. An excellent history of Weeki Wachee itself and springs in Florida.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The author of ‘The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit’, Sloan Wilson, lived in Florida on and off from when he was five years old. A number of his books takes place in our state including this one from 1967,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This paperback book published by the Florida Development Commission is an interesting overview of the “cultural” activities throughout the state as of 1935. Culture is a community’s accumulation of everyday activities over a period of time. This book takes on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The legendary creator of the Toff mysteries, John Creasey, wrote a series of 6 novels under the pseudonym Robert Caine Frazer. The series appeared from 1959 to 1962 and is about British private investigator Mark Kilby who mostly worked for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Tim was so kind to open an event Swampy was involved with yesterday at teh Orange County Regional History Museum that it seems best to profile on e of his books on book day. This is a wonderful book filled[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One of the legends of comic books, Joe Kubert died Sunday, August 12th, Joe was not born, did not live, or draw about Florida. However, Swampy’s handler, Rob Smith, Jr., me, did go to Joe’s school, The Joe Kubert School[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here are two pages of art from the first Swampy’s Florida Storybook: Trilby’s Flower that Rob Smith, Jr. will introduce at the 2012 Pine Castle Pioneer Days festival in south Orange County February 25th and 26th. Come on out[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…