Swampy’s friends at Copperfish Books hold up a few special Florida treasures they have here at the Florida Antiquarian Book Fair in The Coliseum in Downtown St. Petersburg. Copperfish Books is in Punta Gorda. Stop by and see enjoy yourself[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Want to understand one of the most important jobs for one of the most important components of commerce in Florida? This book explains the history and importance – ‘Florida Cowman’ by Joe Akerman. If you would like to purchase a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Since the annual Zora Festival is happening this week, it seems appropriate to point you all to this book to better know Hurston and her work. This is one terrific book telling the story of, acclaimed writer, Zora Neale Hurston.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s a packed, packed house at this event celebrating Patrick Smith’s ‘A Land Remembered’ at the W.T. Bland Library in Mt. Dora! It’s extremely heart warming to see such a huge turnout for an event presented by the book’s author’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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…
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…
One of the Great books once produced by Great Outdoors Publishing. This short and concise 28 pages came out in 1980. It was written and with very nice illustrations by Francis Wyly Hall.
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…
Robert Wilder was raised in Daytona Beach and the Florida locale inspired many novels written by him. ‘Bright Feather’ was published in 1948. Many think that Patrick Smith’s magnificent ‘A Land Remembered’ is the only one of it’s kind. Actually[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…