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Author : Stan Windhorn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780978894962
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (949 download)
Download or read book Yesterday's Florida Keys written by Stan Windhorn and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stan Windhorn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780911607017
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Yesterday's Key West written by Stan Windhorn and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Because of its mid-Gulf location, its inherent beauty and its siren call to travelers, Key West evokes a relaxing image of calm. Yet thanks to wars, hurricanes, depressions, business booms and fame both negative and positive, the island has been anything but calm for over a century. With the arrival and departure of presidents, the military, cigar rolling, sponging and shrimping, Key West has witnessed and survived amazing change and upheaval. This quality pictorial book captures that excitement and uniqueness. It depicts the influences of the Bahamians and Cubans, the military presence, and the development of tourism. It offers history, great fun, and detailed photo captions written by two fine journalists.
Author : J Wills Burke
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1561646431
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (616 download)
Download or read book The Streets of Key West written by J Wills Burke and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-10-17 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simonton, Duval, Eaton, Whitehead, Southard, Truman—if you discover how these Key West streets, and all the others, came by their names, you will know much of the history of this little island at the nethermost end of the continental United States. You will learn of the rise and fall and rise again of the fortunes of this island town, which has played such a rich role in the history of the country as a whole. The author starts each section with an engaging history of the person for whom the street is named. Then he takes us along the street, pointing out the buildings and sites of historic interest along the way. This method builds and reinforces our grasp of Key West's history as the island is crisscrossed with sites that evoke nearly every aspect of its past. What emerges is a unique and quirky history of Key West, as well as a fascinating guide to wandering its streets, boulevards, alleys, and lanes.
Author : John Viele
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1561649953
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (616 download)
Download or read book Tales of Yesterday's Florida Keys written by John Viele and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-11-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of stories of people and events in the Florida Keys extending from the time the Keys were first occupied by humans, through the Second Seminole War, the coming of the Overseas Railway, and finally the opening of the first Overseas Highway in 1927. The tales tell of American Indians, Cubans, Bahamians, New Englanders, and of fishing, turtling, shipwreck salvaging, warring, and of course dealing with heat and mosquitoes. John Viele's three volumes, The Florida Keys, have been Keys bestsellers for years. Now he presents a fascinating new batch of historical vignettes.
Author : Kerry Kwiecinski
Publisher : Go to Publish
ISBN 13 : 9781647494841
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (948 download)
Download or read book Yesterday Revealed The Florida Keys: Hubris of Pretension written by Kerry Kwiecinski and published by Go to Publish. This book was released on 2021-06-27 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yesterday Revealed the Florida Keys: Hubris of Pretension takes place amongst once described as the 'Emerald Isles' This novel weaves intrigue, suspense, history, and romance into a fast paced gem of a story. Conservation Officers Kip Greene and his live in girlfriend Suzy, as well as their close friend Teqe who studies Florida Keys antiquities, all become unwantedly embroiled in deaths to tourists, shady treasure hunters, wannabe drug dealers, a powerful Mexican drug cartel, local 'dirty' councilmen, and treasure from Spanish shipwrecks and an ex mob lawyer from New York City. This is Kerry's first novel in what will become a trilogy of Yesterday Revealed novels. Kerry has a degree in Geology, Geography, and Math at Central Michigan University. He has been married at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Key West, as well as extensive kayaking and camping out in the Florida Keys National Wildlife Refuge (FKNWR).
Author : Laura Albritton
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439665702
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)
Download or read book Hidden History of the Florida Keys written by Laura Albritton and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-05 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Seldom-told tales of the ‘lively and unusual cast of historic figures’ who helped shape the Florida Keys from the 1820s through the 1960s.”—Keys News The Florida Keys have witnessed all kinds of historical events, from the dramatic and the outrageous to the tragic and the comic. In the nineteenth century, uncompromising individuals fought duels and plotted political upsets. During the Civil War, a company of “Key West Avengers” escaped their Union-occupied city to join the Confederacy by sailing through the Bahamas. In the early twentieth century, black Bahamians founded a town of their own, while railway engineers went up against the U.S. Navy in a bid to complete the Overseas Railroad. When Prohibition came to the Keys, one defiant woman established a rum-running empire that dominated South Florida. Join Laura Albritton and Jerry Wilkinson as they delve into tales of treasure hunters, developers, exotic dancers, determined preservationists and more, from the colorful history of these islands. Includes photos
Author : Marcus Varner
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1458350932
Total Pages : 89 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (583 download)
Download or read book True Secrets of Key West Revealed! written by Marcus Varner and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Key West is a tropical island at the end of the Florida Keys. Quiet, quaint and completely bizarre. The authors of True Secrets of Key West Revealed! went to great lengths to research the hidden truths about this island paradise. In a lively question and answer format you will learn what restaurant has a graveyard in it, what has protected Key West from hurricanes since 1918 and about the crazy count who lived and slept with his dead "wife's" body...for seven years! Indexed for easy reference. You won't find a funnier or more accurate place for information about the odder side of Key West.
Author : June Keith
Publisher : Palm Island Press
ISBN 13 : 0974352497
Total Pages : 561 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (743 download)
Download or read book June Keith's Key West & The Florida Keys written by June Keith and published by Palm Island Press. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Key Largo to the Dry Tortugas, this true insider’s guide to Florida’s subtropical islands, offers a comprehensive look at famous attractions such as daily sunset celebrations, historic bars, renowned restaurants, and America’s only living coral reef. Supplemented with information about local hidden gems, it offers tips about secret gardens, hip diners, and beachfront bistros. The swashbuckling history of the Keys and some of its most famous inhabitants are brought to life with charming text—from Jimmy Buffett to the ever-present ghosts of Ernest Hemingway and Tennessee Williams.
Author : June Keith
Publisher : Palm Island Press
ISBN 13 : 0974352411
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (743 download)
Download or read book Postcards from Paradise written by June Keith and published by Palm Island Press. This book was released on 2006-12-01 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detailing life in tiny, artsy, anything-goes Key West—where Broadway composers and bestselling authors live on the same funky blocks as housekeepers, bartenders, and tour guides—this updated collection of essays and columns about island life features pieces that first appeared in the Miami Herald. Profiles of colorful characters such as an Italian heiress who waits tables, a dishwasher with a PhD, and a taxi-driving opera singer provide a kaleidoscopic portrait of residents living, working, and playing in a caste-free, rowdy paradise.
Author : Laura Albritton
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 143966319X
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)
Download or read book Key West's Duval Street written by Laura Albritton and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2017-10-09 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Duval Street, the pulsing heart of historic Key West, is one of the most legendary avenues in the United States. Stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico, this iconic thoroughfare has seen everyone from Ulysses S. Grant to Ernest Hemingway. Collecting remarkable archival photographs, Images of America: Key West's Duval Street features famous buildings such as Key West's Oldest House, St. Paul's Church, the Southernmost House, the Strand Theater, the San Carlos Institute, and La Concha Hotel, along with fabled bars like Sloppy Joe's and the Bull & Whistle. This book celebrates the irrepressible spirit and heritage of a much-beloved American destination.
Author : Edwina Raffa
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1561648639
Total Pages : 71 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (616 download)
Download or read book Kidnapped in Key West Teacher's Activity Guide written by Edwina Raffa and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-10-17 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teachers Manual for Kidnapped in Key West. Historical fiction, 1912. Ages 8-12. Twelve-year-old Eddie Malone is living a carefree life in the Florida Keys when his father, a worker on Henry Flagler's Over-Sea Railroad, is thrown into jail. Eddie sets out for Key West with his faithful dog, Rex—will he be in time to foil the thieves next plot and prove his pa's innocence?
Author : Maureen Ogle
Publisher : University Press of Florida
ISBN 13 : 0813059534
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Key West written by Maureen Ogle and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2006-07-01 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Ogle captures this island city in all its quirky charm. Her story breezes along in typical Key West fashion--full of gossip and humor, with the jolt of a good cup of Cuban coffee."--Lee Irby, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg Parrotheads, Hemingway aficionados, and sun worshipers view Key West as a tropical paradise, and scores of writers have set tales of mystery and romance on the island. The city's real story--told by Maureen Ogle in this lively and engaging illustrated account--is as fabulous as fiction. In the early 1800s, the city's pioneer founders battled Indians, pirates, and deadly disease and created wealth beyond their imaginations. In the two centuries since, Key West has nurtured tragedy and triumph and has stood at the crossroads of American history. When Florida joined the Confederacy in 1861, Union troops seized control of strategically located Key West and city residents spent four years living under martial law. In the early 1890s, Key West Cubans helped Jose Marti launch the revolution that eventually ended Spain's control of their homeland. A few years later, the battleship Maine steamed out of Key West harbor on its last, tragic voyage. At the turn of the century, Henry Flagler astounded the entire country by building a technological marvel, an overseas railroad from mainland Florida to Key West, more than 100 miles long. In the 1920s and 1930s, painters, rumrunners, and writers (including Ernest Hemingway and Robert Frost) discovered Key West. During World War II, the federal government and the military war machine permanently altered the island's landscape. In the second half of the 20th century, bohemians, hippies, gays, and jet-setters began writing a new chapter in Key West's social history. All of these personalities and events are wrapped in Ogle's unique and candid history of the island, an account that will fascinate past and present citizens of the Conch Republic, history buffs who like a well-told tale, and the millions of tourists from all over the world who love this colorful island city. Maureen Ogle is retired from the University of South Alabama.
Author : Stuart B. McIver
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1561646490
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (616 download)
Download or read book Hemingway's Key West written by Stuart B. McIver and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only place in the United States that Hemingway could really call home after he started writing was the tropical island of Key West. During his decade here in the 1930s, he acquired his famed macho persona as Papa, the biggest Big Daddy of them all. This vivid portrait of Ernest Hemingway's Key West reveals both Hemingway, the writer, and Hemingway, the macho, hard-drinking sportsman. His Key West years turned out to be his most productive: he finished A Farewell to Arms, started For Whom the Bell Tolls, and wrote several other books, including Green Hills of Africa, Death in the Afternoon, and To Have and Have Not. He also turned out some of his best short stories. There was plenty of time left over for eating, drinking, fighting, fishing, chasing women, and hanging out with his circle of friends (known as "the Mob"). Hemingway spent the last years of his life in Cuba, and it was here he overcame several demons—accidents, failing health, depression—to write The Old Man and the Sea, for which he won both a Pulitzer and a Nobel Prize in Literature. Filled with photos (some of which were not available in the first edition), this book also includes a two-hour walking tour of Key West and a tour of Hemingway's favorite Cuban haunts. This edition also includes a record of the author's exploits in Bimini and Cuba. Accompany Hemingway on fishing expeditions in the Gulf Stream and to Cuba and Bimini aboard his custom-built boat, Pilar. A treat for Hemingway fans!
Author : George Walter Born
Publisher : HPN Books
ISBN 13 : 1893619311
Total Pages : 113 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (936 download)
Download or read book Historic Florida Keys written by George Walter Born and published by HPN Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated history of Key West, Florida, paired with histories of the local companies.
Author : Arlo Haskell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780984331277
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (312 download)
Download or read book The Jews of Key West written by Arlo Haskell and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Literary Nonfiction. Jewish Studies. History. 2017 Florida Book Award, Phillip and Dana Zimmerman Gold Medal for Florida Nonfiction. The dramatic story of South Florida's oldest Jewish community and a major addition to the history of this unique island city. Long before Miami was on the map, Key West had Florida's largest economy and an influential Jewish community. Jews who settled here as peddlers in the nineteenth century joined a bilingual and progressive city that became the launching pad for the revolution that toppled the Spanish Empire in Cuba. As dozens of local Jews collaborated with José Martí's rebels, they built relationships that supported thriving Jewish communities in Key West and Havana at the turn of the twentieth century. During the 1920s, when anti-immigration hysteria swept the United States, Key West's Jews resisted the immigration quotas and established "the southernmost terminal of the Jewish underground," smuggling Jewish aliens in small boats across the Florida Straits to safety in Key West. But these and other Jewish exploits were kept secret as Ku Klux Klan leaders infiltrated local law enforcement and government. Many Jews left Key West during the 1930s and their stories were ignored or forgotten by the mythmakers that reinvented Key West as a tourist mecca. Arlo Haskell's THE JEWS OF KEY WEST is an entertaining and authoritative account of Key West's Jewish community from 1823-1969. Illustrated with over 100 images, it brings to life a history that had long been forgotten.
Author : Tammy L. Harrow
Publisher : Red Adept Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book All the Salt in the Sea written by Tammy L. Harrow and published by Red Adept Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2022-01-11 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her first year of medical school, Abby West’s goals for the future were derailed by an unexpected pregnancy. Reluctantly, she discarded her dream of becoming a physician in favor of being a wife to one. Nineteen years later, Abby discovers her powerful, well-connected husband has been keeping a secret—an eight-year-old son from an old affair. Devastated by the betrayal, she flees to her grandmother’s hometown on the Amalfi coast. There, Abby meets Daniel Quinn, a former American soldier turned photographer. As she travels across Europe with him, she begins to imagine a new life, one without a controlling and unfaithful husband. Empowered by a newfound sense of freedom and courage, Abby returns to St. Augustine to settle things with her husband. But nothing goes as planned, and what awaits may very well destroy her.
Author : Stetson Kennedy
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1561646474
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (616 download)
Download or read book Grits & Grunts written by Stetson Kennedy and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many a book has been written about Key West, but there has never been anything like Stetson Kennedy's Grits & Grunts, a portrait of the Key West that was. Neither a history (though you will learn a lot about Key West's unique past) nor a guidebook (though you will learn more about Key West than any guides offer), Grits & Grunts is a treasure trove gleaned from the rich multiculture that came to full-flower on "The Rock" during the first half of the twentieth century, "when Key West was Key West." You'll find an abundant sampling of the inimitable art of Mario Sanchez, whose carved bas-relief paintings of Key West street scenes are in great demand around the world, as well as many never-before-published photographs. The overflowing Key West songbag is also here in all its abundance, from lullabies to traditional ballads, as well as games and folktales.
