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Cheap Thrills: Florida, the Bottom Half

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Mr. Zoretich is a master sleuth at finding and putting into the words the best of the out-of-the-way, the forgotten, the overlooked, the by-passed, yes, sometimes even downtrodden museum or a million other affordable places (and faces) that make up a great time for you to spend weeks of curious afternoons beating about in Florida.

The Sunshine State is a land full of extraordinary attractions, no doubt, but worthless if you don't know about them outside the gates of the themeparks. This book is a guide to seeing the side of Florida real people hope to see, the kind of people who like road side diners and listening to local dialects.

This book saves you from that nagging feeling that there is more to Florida (the bottom half) and your vacation than can be seen out the car window or discovered from the travel brochures, giving you answers AND directions to find the funky, the zany, the outrageous, the unbelievable, the cool.

Mr. Zoretich, in real life, is a quintessential journalist who lives to tell you about it, as zany as the zaniest just this side of Hunter Thompson (not really, he is from Cleveland but he is a character). He finds and writes about Americana in a way deserving of a Pulitzer. He writes about these people and their hidden places with wit, charm, and respect.

Buy this book and save your vacation if you are looking for more than the canned Disney or Miami Vice Floridian experience. Heck, buy the book and read it even if you are not going to Florida (or if you already live there--you'll learn something new about your state for sure).

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