Florida Books

Florida's Historic Forts, Camps and Battlefields: A Pictorial Encyclopedia is an impressively presented A to Z reference of notable historic sites in Florida from Fort T. B. Adams to Zephyrhills Army Airfield. Summaries of famous Florida historical events, such as the wars with the Seminole Indians, help put various sites in full context. Black-and-white illustrations and a handful of color photographs round out this detailed and highly readable resource. Florida's Historic Forts, Camps and Battlefields is intended as a reference first and foremost; while travelers and vacationers will learn about great places to see when visiting Florida, the text's focus is on the history of the sites and not how to get there.

Florida's Incredible Wild Edibles is a wonderful little book(let) filled with informative tidbits, yummy-sounding recipes, and lists of pretty much every wild edible plant that grows in Florida. It is interesting and witty, and really makes one want to go out and harvest edible plants right now!

The book groups the wild edibles into categories such as salad greens, pot herbs (must be cooked before eating), nuts, teas/beverages, etc. All plants are listed with their common names along with their scientific names, which is extremely helpful when looking up pictures in a field guide. Another plus is that the author tells us where in Florida these plants grow (North, Central, South).

It is important to note, however, that if you are new to harvesting wild plants, you may be a little disappointed at the lack of pictures/drawings/descriptions. This book is NOT a field guide, and plainly states so. It is meant to be used along with a good field guide book (such as Peterson's), or a human field-guided tour/weed-walk.

Overall, great little book about nature's fine and free dining in Florida. Two thumbs up! :-)

This is an awesome epic of the beginning of SW Fl legacy of Collier's whom also were tied in with Marjorie S Douglas and the Flagler's (sSt Augustine) and the Ford's, Edisons's, all a clique when the Big Tycoons of Railroad and Roads were being built to help the war efforts and growth of this area. Esxcellent as reference, history, visitor reading.

I am very pleased with this book. It covers both native & introduced species. The descriptions are very detailed and the pictures are superb.

Peter Bramley left us with this inspired contribution to the preservation of vanishing Florida wildlife. I have used this book in elementary and middle school classrooms as a teaching tool. The students love it, and Pete, who was a personal friend of mine until his passing, had a body of original artwork dedicated to the beauty of Florida wildlife. In this coloring book he shares it with us and passes along his simple appreciation of a vanishing age. Pete, wherever you are, your spirit lives on. I would recommend this coloring book for children of any age.

I took this book with me on a recent photography trip to Florida and it proved very helpful. I would recomend it to nature/wildlife photographers.

120 pages of beautiful color photography on sturdy matte paper, 12 doubled-column pages of the history of Florida, in an oversized hardback. Coffee table quality. The history is entertaining and informative, scattered with stories of local legends. The pictures are annotated and tell a story in themselves. The book was printed in 1984 and all the pictures appear to be from that time period. I thouroughly enjoyed both looking at the photos and reading the concise history of each of the areas of Florida.

Excellent pictorial journey of Florida. Includes a one page history of Florida with translations into French, Spanish & German. A real treasure. We bought several copies as gifts to our family after our recent move to Florida.

In Fly-Fishing The South Atlantic Coast, seasoned angler Jimmy Jacobs shows the reader where to find game fish from North Carolina's Outer Banks down to through the Florida Keys. With an introductory chapter surveying the species of fish commonly sought during each season along the southeast Atlantic coastline, Jacobs provides advice on gear selection and saltwater flies, how to fish the different types of inshore waters from ocean inlets to tidal creeks to oystershell bars. Fly-Fishing The South Atlantic Coast also provides the aspiring fly-fisherman with information on weight records, regulations, and angling calendars for each state. With its detailed maps of each area to make trip planning easy, anyone considering a fishing trip anywhere along the southeast Atlantic coastline should begin with a careful reading of Jimmy Jacobs' Fly-Fishing The South Atlantic Coast!

Had the pleasure of fishing with Ben and later reading this book. He practices what he preaches...and it works! If you're going to fish the Keys this is the book you want.