Download or read book Florida s Snowbirds written by Godefroy Desrosiers-Lauzon and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Developing numerous themes, including leisure, state-promoted tourism, citizenship, and business investment, Godefroy Desrosiers-Lauzon considers advertisements, movies, policymakers, and the behaviour of snowbirds in Florida to provide the most thorough study of the vacation state to date. He also looks at the temporary communities of Canadians, Québecois, New Englanders, and Mid- Westerners that develop, showing how they blur the lines that usually divide national and regional identities, and youth and age. An insightful work full of amusing details, Florida's Snowbirds pieces together a complete cultural atlas of Florida Snowbirds that goes far beyond the familiar postcards they send home

Download or read book Snowbirds written by Crissa Chappell and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Snowbirds will turn your image of the Amish upside down. Lucy will grab your heart and run away with it." --Robin MacCready, winner of the Edgar award for Buried Every year, Lucy waits eagerly for the arrival of the "snowbirds," the Old Order Amish who come trundling into Florida on buses from the north, bringing Lucy's best friend Alice, with whom she's spent every winter she can remember. This winter is different. At sixteen, Alice is in the middle of "Rumspringa," a season in which Amish teens try out forbidden temptations, in order to get them out of their system. Lucy is part of a different sect, in which teens aren't allowed such bold experimentation, and she's fighting to keep up as Alice races from one wild party to the next. Then, one night after just such a party, Alice vanishes. Wracked by guilt, Lucy knows that she should have been watching out for Alice, but instead, she was kissing Faron, an Older Order boy shunned by his society. Now, Lucy plunges into a search for her best friend--while also hiding her own secret, which could put her in even more danger.

Download or read book Snowbird Gardening written by Chase Landre and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Al Burt s Florida written by Al Burt and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reporter at large for The Miami Herald from 1973 to 1995 invites readers on a sometimes sympathetic, sometimes critical tour of his native state past and present, highlighting Florida's folklore, its topographical variety, its small-town heroes, and its ethnic diversity. UP.

Download or read book Retirement Migration in America written by Charles F. Longino and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The results of this book's four-decade study reveal the patterns and economic impact of retirement migration at the state and county levels.

Download or read book Southern Seduction written by Godefroy Desrosiers-Lauzon and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Land of Sunshine State of Dreams written by Gary R Mormino and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Florida is a story of astonishing growth, a state swelling from 500,000 residents at the outset of the 20th century to some 16 million at the end. As recently as mid-century, on the eve of Pearl Harbor, Florida was the smallest state in the South. At the dawn of the millennium, it is the fourth largest in the country, a megastate that was among those introducing new words into the American vernacular: space coast, climate control, growth management, retirement community, theme park, edge cities, shopping mall, boomburbs, beach renourishment, Interstate, and Internet. Land of Sunshine, State of Dreams attempts to understand the firestorm of change that erupted into modern Florida by examining the great social, cultural, and economic forces driving its transformation. Gary Mormino ranges far and wide across the landscape and boundaries of a place that is at once America's southernmost state and the northernmost outpost of the Caribbean. From the capital, Tallahassee--a day's walk from the Georgia border--to Miami--a city distant but tantalizingly close to Cuba and Haiti--Mormino traces the themes of Florida's transformation: the echoes of old Dixie and a vanishing Florida; land booms and tourist empires; revolutions in agriculture, technology, and demographics; the seductions of the beach and the dynamics of a graying population; and the enduring but changing meanings of a dreamstate. Beneath the iconography of popular culture is revealed a complex and complicated social framework that reflects a dizzying passage from New Spain to Old South, New South to Sunbelt.

Download or read book Snow Birds written by Kirsten Hall and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover birds who survive winter against all odds in this poetic, gorgeously illustrated picture book Snowflakes whirling, snow-flocks swirling, streaks of white twirl through the night . . . You’ve heard of birds who migrate to warmer climates in the wintertime—but what about those who persevere through snowy weather and freezing temperatures? With elegant verse and striking illustrations, Snow Birds salutes the brave and resourceful birds who adapt to survive the coldest months.

Download or read book The Great Canadian Prairies Bucket List written by Robin Esrock and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2016-02-06 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renowned travel writer and TV host Robin Esrock has explored every inch of Canada’s Prairies to craft the definitive Bucket List. From food and culture to nature and adrenaline rushes, Robin has the inspiration and information you’ll need to follow in his footsteps and discover everything Manitoba and Saskatchewan have to offer.

Download or read book Oh Florida written by Craig Pittman and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-07-05 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fun- and fact-filled investigation into why the Sunshine State is the weirdest but also the most influential state in the Union.

Download or read book Tin Can Tourists in Florida 1900 1970 written by Nick Wynne and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the arrival of the twentieth century, Americans continued in the pioneering spirit of their forebears and looked upon the automobile as a new way to explore the unknown. Thousands of Americans packed their tents in the backs of their cars and set out to enjoy the back roads of the United States. Carrying extra gasoline in five-gallon cans, plenty of canned food, and extra tires strapped to the fenders, these intrepid souls began an exploration of the North American continent with a thoroughness that put Lewis and Clark to shame. These tourists became the symbol of another "New Generation" of Americans, restless, adventuresome, and filled with boundless curiosity. These were the "Tin Can" tourists. In 1919, the official organization of Tin Can Tourists of the World was formed in Tampa, and the group held two meetings annually until disbanding in 1977. Early on, residents of Florida recognized the potential economic impact of the Tin Canners on the state, and the movement to improve roads and provide accommodations and amusements to these seasonal travelers flourished. By 1930, Florida had built more than 3,000 miles of paved roads, and campsites, roadside motels, and exotic animal parks could be found along most major thoroughfares.

Download or read book Norma Jean s Sun written by Kris Courtney and published by Kris Courtney. This book was released on 2009 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Norma Jean's Sun Memoir ( Based on a True Story ) "A Wonderful commentary on the very things that make us all human""Brave honesty of confession, makes the book unique""Touching story, full of hope"The story is not only convincingly true, but will rivet the reader with its genuine and unassuming pathos. It is this kind of brave honesty of confession and growing philosophy that makes the book unique.Miraculous tale of how a boy, born into unimaginable physical and emotional pain and destined to be a misfit, finds his way in a world of "others." Few could survive so many torturous years of surgical intervention and a ensuing lifelong struggle with drugs and alcohol addiction and come out ahead. This moving tale reveals not only the struggle and heartrending elements of generational lives "gone wrong," but also the love and growth of a human being overcoming the odds and determined to find a way to live life to the fullest. Based on a true story, the author's unapologetic prose prompts enduring ethical questions and makes a gripping, personal read.Norma Jean's Sun is painfully reflective yet ultimately hopeful, a story told through the eyes of a boy who believes he has been mistakenly born into the world and a man who conquers physical and emotional injustice--and thrives. The reader will be challenged to answer the difficult questions of right and wrong as they may apply to his or her own life. It is clear that it is the hope of this author that the reader's conclusions will lead to a more fulfilled view of the "parallel beauty that lives just beneath the surface for us all."

Download or read book On Top of the Grass Tales of a Snowbird in Florida written by J. Bradley Burt and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-06-02 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don't miss this wonderful new collection of tales crafted to amuse, entertain, and give you pause for reflection. Enjoy the meanderings of a snowbird in Florida---his comic misadventures, rewarding times with grandchildren, and the learning that comes from living in a retirement community. Nostalgia, humour, and whimsy flourish in a splendid array of stories, suitable for all ages---tales you will recognize and appreciate.

Download or read book A Land Remembered written by Patrick D Smith and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Land Remembered has become Florida's favorite novel. Now this Student Edition in two volumes makes this rich, rugged story of the American pioneer spirit more accessible to young readers. Patrick Smith tells of three generations of the MacIveys, a Florida family battling the hardships of the frontier. The story opens in 1858, when Tobias and Emma MacIvey arrive in the Florida wilderness with their son, Zech, to start a new life, and ends in 1968 with Solomon MacIvey, who realizes that his wealth has not been worth the cost to the land. Between is a sweeping story rich in Florida history with a cast of memorable characters who battle wild animals, rustlers, Confederate deserters, mosquitoes, starvation, hurricanes, and freezes to carve a kingdom out of the Florida swamp. In this volume, meet young Zech MacIvey, who learns to ride like the wind through the Florida scrub on Ishmael, his marshtackie horse, his dogs, Nip and Tuck, at this side. His parents, Tobias and Emma, scratch a living from the land, gathering wild cows from the swamp and herding them across the state to market. Zech learns the ways of the land from the Seminoles, with whom his life becomes entwined as he grows into manhood. Next in series > > See all of the books in this series

Download or read book Florida s Living Beaches written by Blair Witherington and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-05-01 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first edition of Florida's Living Beaches (2007) was widely praised. Now, the second edition of this supremely comprehensive guide has even more to satisfy the curious beachcomber, including expanded content and additional accounts with more than 1800 full-color photographs, maps, and illustrations. It heralds the living things and metaphorical life along the state's 700 miles of sandy beaches. The expanded second edition now identifies and explains over 1400 curiosities, with lavishly illustrated accounts organized into Beach Features, Beach Animals, Beach Plants, Beach Minerals, and Hand of Man.

Download or read book The Boy Me and the Cat written by Henry Plummer and published by Ravenio Books. This book was released on with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic tale of a trip down the Intracoastal Waterway in 1912 contains the following chapters: I. The Cruise of the Mascot II. Provisioning the Mascot III. Cabin Accommodations IV. Battleship Near Newport, Rhode Island V. Tied Up in Erie Basin, Brooklyn, New York VI. Execution Rock VII. Entrance to Delaware and Raritan Canal, New Brunswick, New Jersey VIII. Snugged Up to the Left Bank of the Canal XIV. Gunny Sacks Filled with Dry Leaves for Fenders, Raritan and Delaware Canal X. Lock on the Delaware and Chesapeake Canal XI. Canal Basin, Delaware City XII. Bugeye Oyster Dragger, Chesapeake Bay XIII. Two Young Men on Assignment for “Motor World” Magazine XIV. Chesapeake and Albermarle Canal XV. Visitor on Board at Stumpy Point, North Carolina XVI. Waterfront, Beaufort, North Carolina XVII. Wrecked at Cape Fear, North Carolina XVIII. Completing launch repairs, Southport, North Carolina XIX. Offshore between Southport, North Carolina, and Georgetown, South Carolina XX. Plantation at Frederica, Georgia, where John Wesley Established Methodism in this Country XXI. Paddlewheel Steamer on St. John’s River, Florida XXII. Lighthouse at St. Augustine, Florida XXIII. Alligator Farm at St. Augustine XXIV. Spanish Ruin at Matanzas Inlet XXV. “Flying Machines” at Daytona Beach, Florida XXVI. Relaxing at Cocoa, Florida XXVII. View from Anchorage at Palm Beach, Florida XXVIII. Mouth of Biscayne Bay XXIX. Do-It-Yourself Drawbridge Near Halifax, Florida XXX. Mascot Overhauled and Painted in Miami, Florida XXXI. The Bark “Rakel” at Fernandina, Florida XXXII. H. in the Boatswain’s Chair Scraping and Varnishing the Mast XXXIII. Manteo, North Carolina XXXIV. Sand Dunes at Nag’s Head, North Carolina XXXV. Inner Basin At Mowbray Arch Ghent, Norfolk, Virginia XXXVI. Plank Platform at Railway Station, Clay, West Virginia XXXVII. Lighthouse on Chesapeake Bay XXXVIII. Coney Island, New York XXXIX. Houseboat in Port Washington, New York

Download or read book Jews of South Florida written by Andrea Greenbaum and published by Brandeis American Jewish Histo. This book was released on 2005 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lavishly illustrated and lively introduction to a unique American Jewish community.