Historic Florida Keys
Author: George Walter Born
Publisher: HPN Books
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 113
ISBN-13: 1893619311
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn illustrated history of Key West, Florida, paired with histories of the local companies.
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Good Night Florida Keys
Author: Mark Jasper
Publisher: Good Night Books
Published: 2008-02-08
Total Pages: 20
ISBN-13: 1602199116
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom sweet calypso music to yummy Key lime pie, this adorable board book invites little ones to explore all the sites, sounds, and tastes the Florida Keys has to offer, including conch shell blowing, boating, fishing and diving, Seven Mile Bridge, Bahia Honda State Park, Fort Jefferson, Key deer, Mallory Square, Duval Street, treasure hunting, sea life, and more.
Home at the End of the World
Author: Rita B Troxel
Publisher:
Published: 2020-12-18
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9780578810850
DOWNLOAD EBOOK1st person non-fiction stories of Key West in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s.
A Pirate Looks at Fifty
Author: Jimmy Buffett
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 2000-11-28
Total Pages: 446
ISBN-13: 0449005860
DOWNLOAD EBOOK#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This is the ultimate Jimmy Buffett philosophy on life and how to live it, “like sitting with Buffett at a beachside bar, listening to him spin tales” (Time). “Buffett took his family on a three-week trek around the Caribbean. . . . His colorful travelogue is interspersed with memoirs of his youth and music career—both of which revolve around his continuing search for the perfect fishing spot.”—USA Today For Parrotheads, armchair adventurers, and anyone who appreciates a good yarn and a hearty laugh, here is the ultimate backstage pass. You’ll read the kind of stories Jimmy usually reserves for his closest friends and you'll see a wonderful, wacky life through the eyes of the man who's lived it. Jimmy takes us from the legendary pirate coves of the Florida Keys to the ruins of ancient Cartegena. Along the way, we hear a tale or two of how he got his start in New Orleans, how he discovered his passion for flying planes, and how he almost died in a watery crash in Nantucket harbor. We follow Jimmy to jungle outposts in Costa Rica and on a meandering trip down the Amazon, through hair-raising negotiations with gun-toting customs officials and a three-year-old aspiring co-pilot. And he is the inimitable Jimmy Buffett through it all.
The Greatest Railroad Story Ever Told
Author: Seth H. Bramson
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2011-11-01
Total Pages: 193
ISBN-13: 1625844530
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAll aboard for the history of one of the most audacious and innovative railroad engineering feats in history from the celebrated Floridian author. Although several people had considered constructing a railroad to Key West beginning in the early 1800s, it took a bold industrialist with unparalleled vision to make it happen. In 1902, Henry Flagler made the decision to extend the Florida East Coast Railway to “the nearest deepwater American port.” In this book, renowned Florida historian Seth H. Bramson reveals how the Key West Extension of the Flagler-owned FEC became the greatest railroad engineering and construction feat in United States, and possibly world, history, an accomplishment that would cement Flagler’s fame and legend for all time. Join Bramson as he recounts the years of operation of this great railroad, what it did for the Florida Keys and what it meant to the resident conchs. Includes photos
Buffett Backstories
Author: Scott Atwell
Publisher:
Published: 2021-10
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781737417002
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNative Conch Scott Atwell celebrates the 50th anniversary of Jimmy Buffett's 1971 arrival in Key West by revealing the backstories to many of the singer's classic songs
Hurricane Diane
Author: Madeleine George
Publisher: Concord Theatricals
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 70
ISBN-13: 0573708037
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMeet Diane, a permaculture gardener dripping with butch charm. She’s got supernatural abilities owing to her true identity—the Greek god Dionysus—and shes returned to the modern world to gather mortal followers and restore the Earth to its natural state. Where better to begin than with four housewives in a suburban New Jersey cul-de-sac? In this Obie-winning comedy with a twist, Pulitzer Prize finalist Madeleine George pens a hilarious evisceration of the blind eye we all turn to climate change and the bacchanalian catharsis that awaits us, even in our own backyards.
Key West
Author: Norma Jean Sawyer
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 134
ISBN-13: 9780738506845
DOWNLOAD EBOOKKnown best as a vacation destination and home to artists, beach bums, and celebrities, Key West also boasts a proud African-American heritage that has its roots in the immigration of Caribbean settlers in the late 1800s. Bringing with them valuable skills, such as shipbuilding and other marine trades, and a strong sense of family and community, these immigrants and their descendants made significant contributions to the life of this unique island.
A Key West Companion
Author:
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 1983-11-15
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780312451837
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book serves as a guide to the houses and history and sights of Key West, yet it does so assuming that you have a map and that you are capable of finding your own way around a tiny place where everything is reachable by foot or bicycle.
The Florida Keys
Author: Joy Williams
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2010-09-01
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 0307763811
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Florida Keys: A History & Guide is an engaging handbook to the unique coral and limestone islands that curve southwest off the tip of Florida. Acclaimed novelist and Florida resident Joy Williams traces U.S. Highway 1 from Key Largo to Key West, combining the best of local legend—colorful stories you won’t find in other guidebooks—with insightful commentary and the most up-to-date advice on where to stay, eat, and wander. Along the way, you will: • explore the exquisite underwater world of North America’s only living reef • discover the beautiful bridges that span the Keys, the forts, and the distinctive “conch” architecture of Key West • experience the eerie serenity of Florida Bay’s “backcountry” and the unique ecology of the Keys • visit the Key West cemetery and learn about the lives of some of the Keys’ eccentrics—writers, madmen, and entrepreneurs with various delusions • find the best (and avoid the worst) cafés, inns, and other establishments that the Keys have to offer Here is the most thorough and candid guide to the Keys, one of the most surprising locales in America. With insight and style, Joy Williams shares with us all of the region’s idiosyncrasies and delights.
