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Author Stephanie Doyle illuminates her stories with suspense and entertaining prose. Some of these stories are familiar: the kidnapping of Adam Walsh from a mall in Hollywood FL and Ted Bundy's last murder rampage(in FL) but Doyle offers new insight into these cases. This is investigative reporting at its finest.

The authors have compiled a great list of getaways for the busy couple wanting a short break from the work. Excellent and accurate descriptions. Balanced coverage.

This article is an insightful and provoking look behind Florida's Valued Policy Law and the interpretation by the court in Mierzwa. If you are interested in property insurance in Florida, this is a must-read article. Mr. Garaffa's grasp of the topic and ability to convey understanding of this difficult and complex topic is outstanding. This is a great article regarding property insurance in Florida.

A little side note on this topic is that Mr. Garaffa provided testimony on this topic to the Florida Legislature when they were considering new legislation on the Valued Policy Law.

This book was written by my grandfather. He loved history, especially military history. He lived in Florida for years and worked as chief historian for the Florida National Guard. He wrote this book when he lived in St. Augustine Florida. He loved writing this book. It traces the history of Florida's army of more than 400 years. It is very interesting and informative. I recomend this book for anyone who enjoys military history or just history. This book represents what my grandfather loved best. Enjoy!

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Wow! This was a really good book. It listed the major springs in florida and gave detailed discriptions and facts about them. Half of the discriptions also had pictures of the springs. It was extreamly nice to see what they looked like before you went. also, the book lists the top places for tubing,and scuba diving, along with directions on how to get to the springs. This book definitely desevers 5 stars!

In brief summary: a unique collection of contemporary editorial cartoons and a significant contribution, important to anyone interested in this facet of journalism in modern America. Nowhere exists a collection of all the cartoonists in one state. Pineapple Press, which specializes in Florida topics, published this first of its kind. Sixteen Florida newspaper cartoonists are represented here, giving readers a comprehensive opportunity to examine a wide variety of opinion on state, local and national issues. In his foreword, Pat Oliphant, one of the nation's best editorial cartoonists, offers acerbic comment on the state of editorial cartooning in America: not good. Oliphant commends author Harrison (a one-time newsman with a Ph.D., at the University of Miami) for undertaking the task of gathering this collection, with commentary and cartoons from each contributor, and describes the book as a "worthwhile historic document." It is that, and more. Author S.L. Harrison provides a perceptive introductory essay that provides a summary of editorial cartooning in America, noting that cartoons, once savage, biting and highly partisan, are today more often than not benign. Today, he notes, humor prevails: "the comic pages heavily influence the modern editorial page cartoon." A number of the Florida cartoonists, following the national example of Mike Peters and Jeff MacNelly, also produce a comic page feature in addition to their editorial page cartoon. For the record, cartoonists included in the collection are: Don Addis, St. Petersburg Times; Bruce Beattie, Daytona News-Journal; Clay Bennett, King Features; Earle Bowden, Pensacola News-Journal; James Casciari, Vero Beach Press Journal; Ralph Dunagin, Orlando Sentinel; Jake Fuller, Gainesville Sentinel; Ed Gamble, Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville); Chan Lowe, Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel; Doug MacGregor, Fort Myers News-Press; Jim Morin, Miami Herlad; Gene Packwood, Leesburg Daily Commercial; Jeff Parker, Florida Today (Melbourne); Wayne Stayskal, Tampa Tribune; Dana Summers, Orlando Sentinel; and C.M. Terry, Northwest Florida Daily News (Fort Walton Beach). One Florida cartoonist, Don Wright, declined to be included with his contemporaries. The omission is Wright's loss. This is a valuable book that brings to permanent print a number of artists who have not appeared in any collection to date. All are talented, a number are promising, some are outstanding: Jim Morin, a recent Pulitzer Prize-winner; Wayne Stayskal, who succeed Vaughn Shoemaker in Chicago; and Ed Gamble, who learned his trade at the Nashville Banner. No one interested in editorial cartoons should neglect this superb collection with excellent writing that introduces the reader to the artists who illuminate our newspaper pages with perceptive are and comment.

If you order this book be aware that it is a 2 volume set. The $99.95 includes both volumes. One of the other sellers under Used and New is trying to sell you One volume (half the book) for an inflated price. You can also buy this book from the publisher and you will get both volumes for the $99.95 price that is advertised. The book is great if you grew up in Florida and were attending all the dances locally. It has great info on the bands that put out records and who went on to stardom nationally. A lot of hard work went into this book since I know some of the local Tampa and Jacksonville bands and some of the people that became national successes.

I picked up this delightful book mainly because it had a chapter on Lu, the famous movie-star hippo of Homosassas Springs. I ended up reading it cover to cover, laughing & smiling the entire time. An absolutely enjoyable read. Highly recommended for anyone who loves animals, and wants to learn more about some of Florida's most interesting (and famous!) denizens.

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