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•An exhaustive survey of writers, books, and literary sites •Learn what authors lived in or wrote about a place, which books describe the place, and what important movies were made there •Both a travel guide and a reading guide •Also includes essays on topics such as Florida poetry, literary magazines, and mysteries --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Here is the book lover's literary tour of Florida, an exhaustive survey of writers, books, and literary sites in every part of the state. The state is divided into ten areas and each one is described from a literary point of view. You will learn what authors lived in or wrote about a place, which books describe the place, what important movies were made there, even the literary trivia which the true Florida book lover will want to know. You can use the book as a travel guide to a new way to see the state, as an armchair guide to a better understanding of our literary heritage, or as a guide to what to read next time you head to a bookstore or library.
•An exhaustive survey of writers, books, and literary sites •Learn what authors lived in or wrote about a place, which books describe the place, and what important movies were made there •Both a travel guide and a reading guide •Also includes essays on topics such as Florida poetry, literary magazines, and mysteries --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
From the Inside Flap
Here is the book lover's literary tour of Florida, an exhaustive survey of writers, books, and literary sites in every part of the state. The state is divided into ten areas and each one is described from a literary point of view. You will learn what authors lived in or wrote about a place, which books describe the place, what important movies were made there, even the literary trivia which the true Florida book lover will want to know. You can use the book as a travel guide to a new way to see the state, as an armchair guide to a better understanding of our literary heritage, or as a guide to what to read next time you head to a bookstore or library.
Nine writers collaborated on this book. Most of them live in the area they write about and all have longstanding literary ties to the area. Each exhaustively researched the boos about, set in, or by the authors who live in the area. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Inside This Book Explore: Concordance | Text Stats Key Phrases - CAPs: New York, Key West, Palm Beach, United States, Fort Lauderdale (more) Browse Sample Pages: Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me! |
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After the journey undertaken in this book, one thing at least is clear: authors, literature and lore, and history itself have distinguished and dramatized if not, on occasion, reinvented this area. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Key West, Palm Beach, United States, Fort Lauderdale, Garden City, World War, Pineapple Press, Winter Park, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, University Presses of Florida, Florida Keys, University of Florida Press, Fort Myers, Coral Gables, Zora Neale Hurston, Cross Creek, Johns River, New Smyrna, Indian River, Rollins College, Cedar Key, Random House, Boca Raton, Florida State University New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
After the journey undertaken in this book, one thing at least is clear: authors, literature and lore, and history itself have distinguished and dramatized if not, on occasion, reinvented this area. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Key West, Palm Beach, United States, Fort Lauderdale, Garden City, World War, Pineapple Press, Winter Park, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, University Presses of Florida, Florida Keys, University of Florida Press, Fort Myers, Coral Gables, Zora Neale Hurston, Cross Creek, Johns River, New Smyrna, Indian River, Rollins College, Cedar Key, Random House, Boca Raton, Florida State University New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!