Something you’ll rarely find these days – Comic books in a store! This is the interior of the Naval hospital store in Naval Air Station Pensacola where, to the right hand side of the photo, you’ll see a spinny rack[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hernando de Soto among the Apalachee by Charles R. Ewen & John H. Hamm My rating: 5 of 5 stars A terrific literal mapping out of DeSoto’s trek across Florida and his visit near Tallahassee. Very thorough and lots of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Saint in Miami by Leslie Charteris My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is an outstanding book for many reasons. It’s the first Charteris book I’ve read and I must seek more. The writing is very good.The characters are[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is an over all very good book of the efforts of recovery of the centuries lost galleons of the 1715 Spanish fleet off the Florida coast. The book starts with the developing interest of, the author, Kip Wagner of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Florida Book Currently Reading:‘The Sea Rovers’ by Albert Martin. 2/3rds through and can stare a required book to understand those who sailed the seas for crown and loot and adventure! You can get your copy of ‘The Sea Rovers’ here:https://amzn.to/3zv3VtO
Florida Book Reviews: ‘The Golden Isle’ by Frank Slaughter. This will take you to my Goodreads page and the review.Feel free to connect with me there.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4076696546… This book is part of the Swampy’s Florida library……#Books #FlordiaBooks #FrankSlaughter #Literary
It’s 1886 and here’s the Coconut Grove Hotel in Lake Worth. It’s Lake Worth’s first resort hotel. The end came as Flagler and his railroad and his opulent Royal Poinciana Hotel was built nearby. It became more of an apartment[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Battle for the Big Top: P.T. Barnum, James Bailey, John Ringling, and the Death-Defying Saga of the American Circus by Les StandifordMy rating: 5 of 5 stars Often seems Les Standiford is one of the few writers today who knows[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
High Stakes: 8 Sure-Bet Stories Of Gambling And Crime by Robert J. Randisi My rating: 4 of 5 stars This collection of stories is worth reading. A few are loosely based in gambling. a couple are a bit grittier, like[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything by John D. MacDonald My rating: 3 of 5 stars First note: I’ve held off reading this book for about 40 years. I now have a few different editions of it, along with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Unstoppable Glenn Turner by John Frasca My rating: 3 of 5 stars First, I was surprised I had to add this book. It is available on the Amazon website, who now owns this site, but not to be found[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Invasion of Privacy: The Cross Creek Trial of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings by Patricia Nassif Acton My rating: 4 of 5 stars A very good account of the trial that Vera Cason presented and upsetting Rawlings Life.As this is a Florida[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…