Author: Jon Wilso
Publisher: Pineapple Pre
Keywords: western, cracker, bridger
Number of Pages: 251
Published: 1999-04-01
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 1561641707
ISBN-13: 9781561641703

The heart-thumping race between Tom Bridger and the stagecoach in this latest addition to the popular Cracker Western series is only one leg of Bridger’s journey across frontier Florida. Tom Bridger, the handsome, cocky son of a wealthy New York businessman, has come down in 1885 to find his long-lost uncle and a hidden treasure. When he arrives in Jacksonville, he finds a rough-and-ready port town where he quickly learns a man is only as good as his fists. Though he’s a city slicker who loves a game of chess and looks like an easy mark for the desperate men lurking in the shadows,

Author: Bruce Hunt
Publisher: Pineapple Pre
Keywords: breakfasts, bed, inns, finest, florida
Number of Pages: 223
Published: 2009-01-01
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 1561644374
ISBN-13: 9781561644377

From warm and cozy country bed & breakfasts to elegant and historic hotels, author, photographer, and illustrator Bruce Hunt has composed the definitive guide to Florida’s most quaint, historic, romantic, and often eclectic lodgings. Come along for the ride as Bruce rambles around the state, stopping for a spell at 135 of the best inns and bed & breakfasts Florida has to offer. Written in an engaging, personal style, Florida’s Finest Inns and Bed & Breakfasts relates the histories of many of the places Bruce visits as well as the personal stories of innkeepers and caretakers. Additionally, i

Author: James C. Clark
Publisher: Pineapple Pr
Keywords: history, florida, looks, quick
Number of Pages: 197
Published: 2000-09-01
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 1561642002
ISBN-13: 9781561642007

Learn 200 quick, painless history lessons in one thoroughly researched book. An indispensable guide for Florida students, newcomers, and old-timers alike. From the back cover: Florida has a long and complex and very interesting history, but few of us have time to read it in depth. So here are 200 quick looks at Florida’s 10,000 years of history, from the arrival of the first natives to the present. The distilled version is packed with unusual and little-known facts and stories. ---America’s first convent became a Florida military barracks---The first tourist attraction in Florida f

Author: Patrick D. Smith
Publisher: Pineapple Pre
Keywords: remembered, land
Number of Pages: 403
Published: 1996-09-01
List price: $13.95
ISBN-10: 1561641162
ISBN-13: 9781561641161

In this best-selling novel, Patrick Smith tells the story of three generations of the MacIveys, a Florida family who battle the hardships of the frontier to rise from a dirt-poor Cracker life to the wealth and standing of real estate tycoons. The story opens in 1858, when Tobias MacIvey arrives in the Florida wilderness to start a new life with his wife and infant son, and ends two generations later with Solomon MacIvey, who realizes that the land has been exploited far beyond human need. The sweeping story that emerges is a rich, rugged Florida history featuring a memorable cast of crusty, in

Author: Marjory Stoneman Dougla
Publisher: Pineapple Pre
Keywords: 50th, anniversary, special, grass, river, everglades
Number of Pages: 480
Published: 1997-03-01
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 1561641359
ISBN-13: 9781561641352

Originally published in 1947, The Everglades was one of those rare books, like Uncle Tom’s Cabin and Silent Spring, to have an immediate political effect: it helped draw public attention to a vast and little-known area that South Florida developers had deemed a worthless swamp and were busily draining, damming, and remaking, and it mustered needed public support for President Harry Truman’s controversial order, later that year, to protect more than 2 million acres as Everglades National Park. Remote and seldom visited, the Everglades nonetheless had a rich human history: several Na

Author: Doug Stamm
Publisher: Pineapple Pr
Keywords: florida, springs
Number of Pages: 114
Published: 2008-05-15
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 1561644226
ISBN-13: 9781561644223

The many springs that jewel the landscape of Florida are translucent openings into a dominion very rare: a crystalline world of fresh water at the edge of the sea. The deepest and largest known springs in the world are found in Florida. This book is a guided tour of these beautiful environments, with an emphasis on the many strange and wonderful natural inhabitants. The photographs are the result of hundreds of hours under water, during both night and day, in springs large and small, and at varying seasons of the year. This new edition is completely updated to serve as a guide to the many spri

Author: Steven D. Singer
Publisher: Pineapple Pr
Keywords: listing, comprehensive, florida, shipwrecks
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 1998-07-01
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 1561641634
ISBN-13: 9781561641635

Over 2,100 shipwrecks from the 16th century to the present; the most comprehensive listing now available. Arranged primarily by geographical sections of the state. Within sections, wrecks are arranged chronologically. Extensive and heavily illustrated appendices offer a wealth of information on topics of interest to divers and researchers.