Alabama Books

I have been so busy reading. Sorry I didn't rate sooner.

This is an older book that in no way represents the new diets for diabetics. Using the old ADA diet is not a way for most diabetics to prevent high blood sugars or other problems that can happen down the line. The new diets for diabetics using low-carb diets is very important. American people did not get fat eating low carb but did do so eating a diet much like the ADA high carb diets. Even the ADA is in process of preparing a new diet guidline based upon low carb diets and not an exchange program.

This is really a great book. The meals are easy to fix and delicious. This book is my Bible. I can look at the recipe quickly and decide if it is within my carb count. I would recommend this book to anyone with diabetes.

We'd bought this book when it originally came out and it became so worn and well-loved that I just purchased the new version. It is just as fantastic as the original! The recipes are simple (but not boring) and very flavorful. The whole family enjoys them!

This book offers quick, easy and delicious recipes for diabetics and nondiabetics. I use it often for home, as well as for dishes taken to outings.

i absolutely love this book. my mom knows the author and she said that nancy grew up on that line dividing the two sections. myfriends and i all adore it!!

I think that I would recomend Nanci Kincaid's nove., Crossing Blood to anyone who likes reading or learning about the 60's. I didn't like it as much as I thought I would because I had a different idea of what the book would be about. I imagined it to be more about thewhole civil rights movement, with protests, and Martin Luther King, but it wasn't. It was about a girl who falls in love with a black boy, a neighbor, who at first doesn't really pay any attention to her. Towards the end, he likes her, and they become a couple in the last chapter.

I love books by Nanci Kincaid. CROSSING BLOOD is well written and deals with families, boundaries, and the problems in the early l960's.

The book is narrated by Lucy Conyers who lives in Tallahasee, Florida, with her mom, step-dad, and two brothers. They live in the last house in the "white" area of town before it turns into the "black" section.

Lucy and her family are friendly people and befriend Melvina and her family, who are black. Melvina and Lucy's mom, Sarah, become good friends, even if it is under the pretense of Melvina being Sarah's maid. They go through the daily routines of living life, raising their children more or less together, and become tight, good friends. Ahh, a boundary being broken. Sarah is white, Melvina is black. However, the two women are fast and true friends.

Lucy and her brothers hang out with Melvina's children. Lucy and her brothers are entranced and in awe of the black kids next door to them. They are all good people.

Lucy crosses a huge boundary -- she is obsessed with Melvina's wild, handsome, kind son Skippy. Skippy helps around Lucy's house and helps out Lucy's step-dad, Walter. Everyone likes Skippy. He is good, kind, helpful, funny. However, Lucy is in love with him, and Skippy has the same feelings towards Lucy. This is a HUGE no-no.

The book takes you through all sorts of scenarios involving both families, both good and bad. You will laugh, you will cry, you will enjoy. Nothing good can come of the relationship between Lucy's family and Skippy's family. Nothing. And things do start to happen.

Lucy's mom, Sarah, loves all people. However, in the 1960's you had to know your place. Sarah didn't care and took care of Melvina and her family, along with other black families. Sarah's friendship and loving caring ways have no boundaries. The town rebels against Sarah and her family only because they are friends with blacks. It is a sad situation.

The book is good and reads well. The characters are pure and true to life. The book ends in a surprising, exciting climax that will make you sick at heart. You know all along there is NO HOPE for Lucy and Skippy who truly do love and care for each other. But, a relationship like theirs is totally FORBIDDEN. There are consequences involved for everyone for just caring and loving your fellow human beings. Race should not be an issue, we are all human and on this Earth. However, people did not see it like that.

This is a good book, all of Nanci Kincaid's books are WONDERFUL. Do yourself a favor and read this book. You will see how far we have come as a society and you will just plain enjoy.

Thank you!

Pam

Nancy Kincaid draws you into her novel with vivid passages and dialogue that will have you laughing out loud.

Her main character Lucy embodies all emotions of the 60's south with an understanding wise beyond her years. It takes you from her mothers' idealistic naiveté to her stepfathers' racial undercurrents and her forbidden crush on Skippy the colored boy from next door.

This novel touches on important social issues without being preachy, yet managing to entertain you all the way. Crossing Blood is important reading and if I were a high school teacher it would be required reading.

This little volume by Nanci Kincaid, the fourth book of hers that I have read, kind of made me squeamish, as I envisioned the budding romance between Lucy and her black neighbor, Skippy. Because I just knew Lucy was "walking on eggshells" in her life in 1960's Florida.

First of all, Nanci Kincaid does know the South. She has lived it and it shows in her books, especially this coming of age story of Lucy Conyers and her family.

And Nanci Kincaid understands the life of a child of divorce, or really abandonment. Lucy's life, that of the stepdaughter of a noble Southern man, Walter, a man who has clear cut prejudices and no softening on the issues, is a story of the way things were for Southeners of the time of the Civil Rights struggle. But most important in this little novel of love across racial boundaries is the simple fact that the folks of the South did not always participate in the BIG picture that the TV histories show. The era of marches and murders and bombings and sit-ins doesn't quite reach Lucy and her family. But the line between black and whites is there, even though Lucy's family has a good life in their simple home at the end of California Street, just on the line of immediate next-door-neighbors who are the forbidden black lowlifes of the town.

Of course, such a statement is an oversimplification of the relationship of Lucy's family with Melvina and Old Alfonso Williams and their children. For in the real world of those times, white and black performed a social dance that made things appear like they could not really care for one another or enter into one another's lives, but in truth, they were very much meshed together.

Yet the line was there. Lucy's beautiful mom, a clearly non-prejudiced white woman, is rescued and loved by Walter. And she owes him the loyalty of a woman who doesn't cross the racial line, although she does, by writing a letter to the editor of the local newspaper defending civil rights. Lucy knows that Skippy is forbidden to her, but she can't help her heart. And it is that forbidden relationship that eventually whirls the world of California Street into tragedy.

This is a beautiful little story, one that even Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the noted black writer who is married to a white woman, says that black readers can enjoy.

I am not black, but I believe this story could have happened. And it reminds me of the tone one finds in "The Secret Life of Bees". Nanci Kincaid is an author I do recommend.

I bought this cookbook thinking I would get a bunch of kosher recipes I could use that had a Southern twist. I couldn't have been wronger. The cookbook has a lot of recipes that mix milk with meat and use non kosher ingredients.

So, if you keep kosher, don't buy this book.

From Generation to Generation not only gives foolprooof and simple "Jewish" recipes, it also gives the reader/cook a sense of the life of Jewish families in the South. It is a remarkably beautiful book. The personal pictures and stories attached to the recipes bring them to life. I highly recommend this cookbook as one artfully designed and a highly useful addition to any cook's library.

This is the rare cookbook that is as much fun to read as it is to cook from. The stories that accompany the recipes give each one special depth and flavor. And readers are certain to love the combination of traditional Jewish recipes with Southern cooking! I just received my copy, and I'm already hungry for more!

Southerners just know how to cook! Within each community in the South, there are signature dishes specific to individuals and cherished by family and friends. In the newly released cookbook, FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION, the authors have gathered the signature recipes from members of Temple Emanu-El, in Birmingham, Alabama. Recipes range from "Grandma's Chicken Soup" to "Smoked Salmon and Dill Quesadillas" and all of the traditional Holiday and Passover dishes. The desserts are "to die for", including a cookie aptly named, "To Die For Cookies", "Molten Chocolate Cake", and "Grandma Bresler Brownies". Many of the recipes are named in honor of the Mother, Grandmother or Aunt, whose name was synonymous with the dish. These are the recipes of families, the recipes of sharing, the recipes of remembrance, and the recipes made with love. As a collector of "local cookbooks" from across the country, I found this hardback cookbook to be well researched and beautifully designed. I also found the recipes to be exceptional. Highly recommended!

Recipes can (and often are) timeless culinary messages of family meal-time bonding as well as community-oriented celebatory traditions. From Generation To Generation is a perfect example of this. From Hot Artichoke Dip; Brandied Cranberries; and Honey Ritz Chicken; to Apricot Pound Cake; Ice Cream Strudel; and Chicken Soup with Matzo Balls, From Generation To Generation offers up recipes that would grace any table and satisfy any appetite!

well written ,lots of history not that scary ,but a good read

After working at a few bookstores in the Chattanooga area for the last several years, one phenomenon I have noticed has been the enthusiasm behind this book. After it was released, it created a huge buzz around the city and it frequently sells out in the book stores I have worked in.

One thing that is great about working at a bookstore is the (sometimes quite in-depth) conversations with customers about books. That is the true honesty you get about how good a book really is, and the conversations generated about this book have been some of the most memorable. It is always fun to hear stories from customers about their own personal experiences with the unexplained as a part of these conversations as well.

When I first began reading this book I could not put it down. One good test to see if a book about ghosts is really great is how often the hairs stand up on the back of your neck, and it happens frequently with this book, especially for those that live in the Southern Tennessee Valley area where these stories hit close to home. This is not because the ghosts are malicious, for the most part they are not, but because the context of the well-researched history, setting, and eyewitness accounts make you feel like you are witnessing these happenings yourself.

The main thing I love about the book is the style of the writing. A book about "real" ghosts could just present data for reference for the ghost buffs wanting to read about hauntings around the area, but Kotarski has written this book in beautiful prose that flows well through the pages and holds interest from cover to cover.

Also, the book does not seem to try to prove or disprove that these ghost rumors are true, but rather present the accounts and folklore and let the readers decide for themselves. This makes it a great read for anyone whether they just want to read it for ghost lore and spooky stories, or for those wanting a reference guide with accounts of paranormal activity and the evidence behind them, or both.

I highly recommend this book for anyone, just as I do frequently at the book store I work at, because not only is it an entertaining read, there is a lot of history to be learned about Chattanooga and the Southern Tennessee Valley area in a fun way. I hope a sequel will be soon forthcoming!

"Ghosts of the Southern Tennessee Valley" is light reading, serious neither as history nor as spectral "science." This is not a bad thing.

"This collection leans heavily toward local history," writes Georgiana Kotarski, who leaves open whether she believes in ghosts and haints. As such, it leans heavily on old newspaper accounts, although she also interviewed people who believe or suspect they have encountered ghosts in their homes or, in many cases, around locales of the Civil War battles of Chattanooga and Chickamauga.

My family settled in the "southern Tennessee valley," as Kotarski calls it, in the 1880s and did not tell ghost stories. Although one of the ghosts here, Oscar Carlson, was murdered just a hop and a step from where my mother grew up, she tells me she never heard that he haunted her part of Signal Mountain. It makes a good story, though.

Most of the ghosts are benevolent or just wistful. Only one or two allegedly tried to harm or frighten the people who encountered them. These are not particularly scary ghosts.

All in all an amusing excursion into local history, or a part of it. Although some of the ghosts here were black, all of the relaters appear to be whites.

Being from Generations of Southern Tennessee Valley Family Ancestry, thought it was truly amazing that a book was written about this area. Really neat!! Got as a gift for my husband, also from the same area. Read about the author from our small hometown paper. Had to support her. Thanks for another take on our small towns with the amazing ghost stories.

Although it is regional in scope, Georgiana Kotarski's "Ghosts of the Southern Tennessee Valley" is a worthwhile read for anyone who likes true ghost stories. Kotarski has collected thirty ghostly tales from the southern Tennessee River Valley, an area that comprises southeast Tennessee, northwest Georgia, and north Alabama, an area rich in history and rich in "haints."

In a vivid and entertaining style, Kotarski recounts the story of the headless ghost of bandit king John Murrell; the spirit of little Nina Craigmiles, whose tears stain red the white marble of her tomb; Green Eyes, the creature who roams Georgia's woods and wilds; and other assorted ghosts, many of whom haunt the Civil War battlefields of Chickamauga and Chattanooga.

This is Kotarski's first book, but I hope she will write more. "Ghosts of the Southern Tennessee Valley" makes a great addition to any ghosthunter's library.

John Kachuba
Author of Ghosthunting Ohio and Ghosthunting Illinois
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Awesome guide book. I keep it in my cargo pocket while hiking with my wife. So far, everything we've needed to identify has been in there. This book matched with my backpacking handbook are pretty much all I need to answer every question I have while outdoors. Great little book. I just wish it had better photos of single leaves of certain plants. Some of the overall shots make it difficult to identify plants that haven't bloomed yet. All in all, it's awesome though.

Due to its climate and varied terrain, the southeastern United States may have the most varied natural life in the nation. And while it may now be the most populous quarter of the lower 48, the natural world is never far away. The National Audubon Field Guide is an excellent resource to keep close by for those who living and exploring in the southeast.

The book is divided into three main sections. The first covers an overview of the climate, the geography, the habitats and ecology of the south. The second covers the plant and animal life. And the third introduces some of the more significant parks and natural areas of the southeast.

The first great reason this book is valuable is the extensive color photographs and drawings of the different major types of native animal and plant species. The second great reason this book is valuable is its portability. The weekend hiker or boater, and the home gardener will equally appreciate the relative size of this book, as it can be easily thrown into a backpack for easy reference.

The book could do a better job of showing some of the non native plants and animals. Also, the plants and the animals are not indexed, which can make referencing them slower. The final section, which just introduces major parks in the southeast, could have been better with some introductory maps of major hiking and boating areas. That said, this is a fine guidebook that should be useful to anyone in the southeast who enjoys the outdoors.

The book contains a lot of information. It has a lot of good pictures of plants and animals found in the Southeastern States. The info is difficult to access because not all entries a listed in the index. If you are willing to read the entire book you will gain much. But if you want to use it to identify animals and plants you have seen you have to go through each section page by page. A little intelligent thought about providing a proper index would have helped greatly.

This is the BEST nature guide I have found for the southeast, but unfortunately that is not saying much. I have been spoiled by the wealth of naturalist and natural history books available for all different parts of the west, books which not only tell you how to ID a species, but which also give you enough information to feel like you know it afterwards.

I take young people on wilderness trips for a living, and enjoy sharing with them my love of nature. I especially enjoy introducing them to members of the natural community, neighbors they have had all their lives but probably have never taken time to become aquainted with. I grew up in the southeast, before heading west in search of adventure. Now I am back, working with at-risk and adjudicated youth, taking them on canoe paddles in old cypress swamps and along inter-coastal waterways. I normally find a variety of great books to take on trips for my kids to consult when they spot something new. But here in my old stomping grounds, this is the best I could come up with.

The National Audubon guides are great for covering a wide range of information, from weather to constellations to identifying plants and animals. But they won't tell you much of anything about those plants and animals. I know there are naturalists and writers in the south who can do better. Would love to find them (in print) someday soon.

We do nature walks for homeschooling, and I have to say this is the best guide to carry with you. It covers so many plants, animals, reptiles that are easy to find and identfy. The descriptions are concise and informative. I do think it's best to have other books at home for looking up more detailed info at home (or use the internet).

Sonny Brewer makes a perfect cast with his net. The effort he makes in describing the art of casting a fishing net is well worth reading. The thrill of the launching of Rove's boat and the ride across the bay to his parents house. Rove is a character that could be any boy of that time period. The book is well worth the read.

I am enjoying this novel, Brewer's best book to date, but it needs more copy editing.

A story of youth in small town Alabama coming of age in the 1940's. Well written and magical.

This novel is written lyrically, almost like poetry. The plot is thin, but oh, the writing is so good. Mr. Brewer has a unique phraseology that can only be described as beautiful. There were passages I reread just to experience again the enjoyment of the words.

The plot, as noted, is a bit thin. A sixteen year old boy is faced all at once with problems caused by his alcoholic father, the possiblilty of his mother's affair, the bombing of Pearl Harbor and his first love. Everyone will fall in love with Anne Pearl. A sailboat that he has been given and restored seems to be his salvation. The characters are all terrific, even though scantily sketched. The boy meets an artist along the way and he is intrigued at how the artist can portray so much with just a few graceful lines. This is the way Mr. Brewer draws his characters - a few (relatively speaking) graceful lines that convey all the depth necessary to get the portrait of the character across.

As the book wends it way through Rove's life there is almost a mystical quality to the telling, until Mr. Brewer suddenly shifts gears and there is a tense, action-packed scene that is still wonderfully written.

This is truly a novel that allows the reader to savor the written word.

I grew up in Chatom, Alabama, a small town about 60 miles north of Fairhope. I can personally testify that Fairhope, where the story is told, is a dreamlike place, it is wonderful. The book takes me back about 20 to 25 years when I was young and full of spunk like Rove. For any son who grew up with his dad this book also rings true.

I highly recommend this to any lower Alabamian.

p.s. Next time I go home I hope to get my book autographed. I am living in Houston.

This book should be mandatory reading for all Americans concerned about contemporary race relations in the United States. Everyone could learn a lesson reading about the hurdles that the Tuskegee Airmen were forced to overcome in order to protect their own country. The authors have woven together a very moving story using fantastic photographs that help to make the reader feel as if actually living the experience. I highly recommend this book to all.

I need to start out by saying that I am a young black man and as such, this book had a great deal of meaning for me. In an era and in a society in which so many young black men are portrayed in such a negative light, it is good to see a book filled from beginning to end with black men and women of great accomplishment. All young black men and women should be intimately aware of the Tuskegee Airmen and the tremendous accomplishments that they have made to American society. I have never met a Tuskegee Airman, but I would like to. This is a very good book and I encourage all of my brothers and sisters to read this book. Blacks in America need heroes. These men and women are my heroes. I salute them and the authors for writing such a golden book.

Like so many other people did, I watched the movie on HBO about the Tuskegee Airmen and I really enjoyed it. Because of the movie I went out and bought and read everything that I could about the Tuskegee Airmen. I have read at least a half dozen books on the subject so far and have far and away enjoyed this book more than any others. The authors have done a magnificent job of researching the subject. Their story flows seamlessly from their introduction through each obviously carefully written photograph and photographic caption. I loved it. I encourage every American to read this book, it's uplifting and educational at the same time. Well done to the authors for writing this book and well done to the men and women that made it happen.

Maybe I didn't read the reviews close enough, but I was very disappointed in this book. Having read a few other WWII (auto)biographies, and having seen The Tuskeegee Airmen movie, I was very interested in learning more about this remarkable group. The "book" is mainly just a collection of photographs. It is more like walking through a museum exhibit. If that is the type of thing you are looking for, than this might be even rated at 4 or 5 stars, but I only gave it 3 because it doesn't let you get to really know these men as individuals, or feel a part of their struggle and inner strength and pride at their accomplishments.

Young Black men prior to WWII only dreamed of flying for the U.S. Military. Many of them sneaked off to France to enter flight school. But when President Roosevelt ordered the formation of the 99th Fighter Squad, the Black men started their flight training at the Tuskeegee Institute of Alabama, an all-Black school founded by Booker T. Washington, a former slave himself. The first experiment consisted of 13 students of which only 5 finished the schooling. Classes followed, and finally, orders were for the Black pilots to go to North Africa to fly P-40 Warhawks. Their mission was to protect the large American bombers. The Black pilots showed their knowledge and their patriotism in spite of the fact the officer's clubs were still segregated. The only place they were completely equal was in a prisoner of war camp. However, while acceptance of Blacks as pilots was starting to happen in the war, back home in America, the integration issue was just heating up and about to explode. This book is an excellent glance into the history of Black American Military pilots.

This is my favorite resource on playing and teaching the viola. I presented a copy to each of my graduating viola students as a gift. I'm delighted that it is still available.

Another book with a misleading title, this one is a rather academic review or summary of "best" approaches to teaching the physical aspects of playing the viola (or violin). Whether the "best" approaches are in fact being presented is open to question. Certainly, the physiology of playing the violin or viola is an important subject; but more and more my observation tells me that actual superior players of these instruments in our string ensembles are getting away from "classical" instrument-holds and moving toward the fiddle-player's tendency to "play" with the instrument in a forward position. That is what I have seen in the past few weeks from Midori and other well-known players. I cannot recommend this book to a beginning player of violin or viola. The intended audience is more for would-be teachers of the instrument; so it is all the more important perhaps to sound a cautionary note. There are many questions about the ergonomics of playing the viola (or violin) that need to be addressed, including even the reintroduction of the cello-style playing position. What the "majority" of teachers of these instruments are recommending to their students, or at least what is endorsed in this book, could push many young players to unergonomic and physically harmful techniques. Because this aspect of playing the viola, the ergonomics, is not directly addressed, all the recommendations as to development of technique are slanted toward a rather rigid style of play, one that is contradicted by the early historical illustrations we have of string players and by "folk" practice. This book should be approached with caution.

I have been using this book with my Viola Studio for several years. Some of the most useful parts I find are the graded repertoire list, his discussion on technical set up issues, and he goes into several useful techniques on relaxation and breathing exercises and incorporating those ideas into making the "compleat" violist. I highly recommend it, and I include this as an optional text for my viola studio at the University of Florida.

Yes, it's a good book for anyone interested in the viola and the extensive literature for it. It has a lot of valuable tips on technique, etc. However, it is not a complete method for the instrument in the way that the Potter book is for the cello, which I was kind of looking for. It's more for reading than for practicing from. It's a valuable addition to the literature and would seem to be valuable also for violinists.

Very knowledgable book. The best book that I could find on the internet.

This book is in the glove compartment of my tow vehicle, and with my road atlas is a part of my pretrip planning. Filled with good reviews and site descriptions that have been perfect, it reccommends campsites, gives directions to the parks, hours, ammenities, phone numbers, and services. I have used the guide to book reservations and to locate campgrounds when bad weather is encountered during a trip. This is a great companion to the national book and both are updated from time to time so the information is current. Well worth the few dollars it cost to keep on hand. While I have not encountered a bad campground using this guide, it could happen, so use the phone numbers listed and call ahead to find out about the place you intend to visit. Enjoy the book and Happy RVing.

My husband and I are new to camping and picked this book up a couple of months ago. The amount of detail is amazing, and it has helped us to pick the right places for "beginners." The great thing is that as we become more experienced, we'll still be able to use this book. If you want to camp in Alabama or Georgia, whether you're a new or veteran camper, you need this book!

When I lived in California, I picked up Foghorn Outdoors: California Camping, and I was extremely impressed. The California book is written by Tom Stienstra, a real outdoorsy kind of guy, and it's filled with detailed advice and amusing anecdotes. Best of all, each campground listing provides a detailed, opinionated description which makes it clear that the author has actually personally checked out most, if not all, of the sites. Each site is even rated on a scale from 1 to 10, and there are overview lists like "Best Coastal Hikes." It's a great book.

I was disappointed, then, after moving to Atlanta and ordering Foghorn Outdoors: Alabama & Georgia Camping. Marilyn Sue Windle is no Tom Stienstra. She makes it clear in her introduction that she is fairly new to camping, and didn't even like it until some friends dragged her on a car camping trip an unspecified number of years ago. She does provide some useful advice at the beginning of the book, but most of it comes from her friend Gautam at the Sierra Club, and it's much more from a casual perspective ("My camp bed is more comfortable than many I've found in motels") than Tom Stienstra's ("This made sense to me until the first time I came face-to-face with a nine-foot grizzly 40 yards away.")

Once the introduction is out of the way, you get to the meat of the book. Like the California Foghorn book, this is divided into sections based on map grids, and the locations of each campground are easy to find on the map. You get all the basic statistics about each site, like facilities, reservations, directions, etc. Beyond that, there's just a couple sentences of "trip notes," most of which sound like they were lifted from a park brochure. There is little to indicate that the author has ever been to most of the campgrounds herself (she says in the introduction that she "personally contacted each campground"), and there is very little in the way of personal opinion. I didn't see any negative points listed for any of the campgrounds, making it very difficult to pick which ones are worth visiting.

Perhaps I'm too hard on this book, because my expectations were set high by Foghorn's California edition. And I don't know if there are any better books for the Georgia area. If you're just looking for a reference listing all the campgrounds in the area, this is a great place to start, and it's well-organized. I'm sure Marilyn Windle is a fine person, but "When my work schedule permits, I'm out nearly every weekend" just doesn't compare to Tom Stienstra's "this is my full-time job--and has been for 25 years." Is there some way they can get Tom to write all their books?

I've been camping in the Southeast all my adult life, moving from a tent to a popup, then to a motorhome, and this is the first complete camping guide to the area that I've found. This book has it all. Where else are you going to find everything from RV parks to wilderness areas, along with information on where to find wildlife, where the hiking trails are, and even recipes for camp food? It even has a section about camping with children. This is the only book my husband and I need for camping here. When is Windle going to do the Carolinas and Tennessee?

Great guide! It covers everything - RV sites, tent campgrounds, backpacking areas. The best part is how to get your spouse to like camping. My wife used to hate it, and we've been on three trips since I got this book. Better than anything else I've seen on camping here. Get it.

This book is a little compact making the charts smaller than other similiar chart books. It's a good reference to use in conjunction with GPS navigation and small enough to keep in the cockpit. It would be nice if it showed the locations of Marinas to keep you from switching from book to book. All of these charts can be accessed on line for free.

This book has been such a gift! We travel the intracoastal waterways in Jacksonville/St.Augustine Florida all year long and found this book to be so helpful.

Very usable in it's small page spiral format. Flipping pages as one cruises north or south is easy, and takes very little space at the helm. The annotations indicating marina locations save looking in separate guides when a stopping point is desired. Some obvious side trips (e.g. Banana River) are omitted and would have helped increase usefulness if included.

Great book, you have to have them to run the intracoastal and it's MUCH cheaper at Amazon then in the bookstores - or boat stores!!

A must for traveling the Intercoastal Waterway. A very detailed illustrative set of information to successfully achieve your trip.