Here’s Swampy engulfed in a sea of Florida non-fiction from the Swampy library that lies deep in a secret bunker far under the swamps of the Big Cypress Preserve. There are so many great non-fiction Florida history authors to ead[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Bunny cuddles up with a copy of ‘Freddy goes to Florida’ and her Teddy Bear. Walter Brooks began writing a series of books in the mid-1920s about a farm of talking animals that included a pig named Freddy. The first[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Dream of Orchids by Phyllis A. Whitney My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book is part of my Florida collection. Setting: Key West. First, Phyllis Whitney is a tremendous writer. There is so much to point to that is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s always a good day to read a book and better yet to read a book about Florida. Here Swampy is reading one of the finest book about trains in Florida, ‘Speedway to Sunshine’. What is your favorite fiction or[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Announced today is a pilot to be made of Charles Willeford’s ‘Hoke Moseley’. The deeply dark set of novels are set in Miami and have quite a cult following. The books haven’t been in print for many years, so this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After stormy weather Swampy’s book is well soaked. So Bunny comes along with a pile of paperback books that are far drier for Swampy to read. Hope you all are able to pick up some Florida based books. Please support[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Time for a good book about Florida and Swampy is well indulging! You can indulge, too! Nab a book off the shelf at your home, your local book store or library and log in a few pages or more this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
‘One Fine Morning in Miami’…. I believe, this is EVERY morning in Miami… 😀 By, Swampy’s friends, Don “Duck” Edwing & Jack Davis from issue #292 of Mad magazine, January 1990.
The perfect Christmas gift are books about Florida. Introduce your family and friends to books to learn more about our great state! You can find the available Swampy’s Florida books, including ‘Alva’s Christmas Presents’ herehttps://amzn.to/3UEbwQX………..#Florida #FlordiaBooks #Books #Reading #NewBookMonth #Book[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Heat of Night by Harry Whittington My rating: 2 of 5 stars Whittington goes for the melodramatic in this Florida-based fiction. It’s a simple, over-written story that is plopped along Florida’s gulf coast, near Tampa, where Whittington lived. The standard[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Birds Of Florida by Frances W. Hall My rating: 3 of 5 stars I’ve probably got a dozen copies of this and most of those are different editions. Probably had most for 30 years or so. Never read any of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This review followed well with meeting Mr. Ste. Calire in September 2012 at a talk he gave at the Marion County Museum of History and Archaeology in Ocala. Here’s Swampy and Mr. Ste. Claire below. This is a terrific book[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…