Download or read book Murder at Wakulla Springs written by Abrams and published by Booklocker.com. This book was released on 2006-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if an actress faces a real-life drama that eerily mirrors the play in which she is starring, but involves murders and threats to her life? Lorelei Crane begins rehearsals in Apalachicola, a small coastal town in Northwest Florida. Her friend, Detective Homer McBride, asks for her help in an investigation into the death of an environmental scientist at nearby Wakulla Springs State Park. The scientist's disturbing claims created a political furor, and he died under suspicious circumstances. This is the second book in the North Florida mystery series featurning amateur Lorelei Crane. As in the first novel, Murder on the Prairie, the plot revolves around an environmental conflict. This story is set in two fascinating locations of major ecological and historic significance. and is this one, it's all about the water!
Download or read book Murder in the Tropics written by Stuart B. McIver and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-10-17 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the first statewide collection of true Florida murders, and, as the saying goes, truth is stranger than fiction. The Sunshine State has played host to a memorable and varied array of crimes of passion, greed, and revenge. In stories spanning from the 1860s to the 1990s, you will meet such varied characters as Lena Clarke, a killer with both her feet planted in a dozen bewildering worlds; Terry Jo, the Sea Waif; Chief Tigertail; the outlaw Ed Watson; Blue, the Enforcer; President Franklin Roosevelt; the Duke of Windsor; novelist Zora Neale Hurston; Lobster Boy; the Gulf Stream Pirate; Brother Gillette, a gentle Shaker who killed out of compassion; and Pensacola's Black Widow, a Spider Woman who killed without mercy. Next in series > > See all of the books in this series
Download or read book Wakulla Springs written by Andy Duncan and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2013-10-02 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the World Fantasy Award for Best Novella Wakulla Springs, in the deep jungle of the Florida panhandle, is the deepest submerged freshwater cave system in the world. In its unfathomable depths, a variety of curious creatures have left a record of their coming, of their struggle to survive, and of their eventual end. And that's just the local human beings over the last seventy-five years. Then there are the prehistoric creatures...and, just maybe, something else. Ranging from the late 1930s to the present day, "Wakulla Springs" is a tour de force of the human, the strange, and the miraculous. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Download or read book Keep Watching the Skies written by Bill Warren and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-01-12 with total page 3299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bill Warren's Keep Watching the Skies! was originally published in two volumes, in 1982 and 1986. It was then greatly expanded in what we called the 21st Century Edition, with new entries on several films and revisions and expansions of the commentary on every film. In addition to a detailed plot synopsis, full cast and credit listings, and an overview of the critical reception of each film, Warren delivers richly informative assessments of the films and a wealth of insights and anecdotes about their making. The book contains 273 photographs (many rare, 35 in color), has seven useful appendices, and concludes with an enormous index. This book is also available in hardcover format (ISBN 978-0-7864-4230-0).
Download or read book Encounters with Florida s Endangered Wildlife written by Doug Alderson and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2010-05-16 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eastern bison roamed Florida into the 1800s. Red wolves disappeared in the 1920s. The dusky seaside sparrow was declared extinct in 1990. It's too soon to say whether the 116 threatened, endangered, or imperiled animal species currently found in the state will also fall victim to climate change, extermination, overdevelopment, or poisons. But as long as they remain, there will be men and women who work tirelessly on their behalf. Combining adventure, natural history, and cultural history, Encounters with Florida’s Endangered Wildlife features chapters tracking panthers, black bears, whooping cranes, manatees, sea turtles, even ivory-billed woodpeckers--which may or may not be extinct. Join Doug Alderson as he travels into prairies, woods, springs, and ocean to come face to face with these and other captivating creatures and learns firsthand about their strangled lives and fragile habitats. With a chapter on the impact of non-native populations of Burmese pythons and Rhesus monkeys, as well as a chilling epilogue that imagines the peninsula one hundred years in the future, this book is a must-read for anyone who wants to know more about the current state of wild Florida.
Download or read book Historical Traveler s Guide to Florida written by Eliot Kleinberg and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-10-17 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Fort Pickens in the Panhandle to Fort Jefferson in the ocean 40 miles beyond Key West, historical travelers will find many adventures waiting for them in Florida. In this new updated edition the author presents 74 of his favorites—17 of them are new to this edition, and the rest have been completely updated. Along the Gulf Coast, see Henry Plant's Moorish jewel of a hotel in Tampa; John Ringling's home and art and circus museums in Sarasota; and the humble homes of Cuban and Italian cigar workers in legendary Ybor City. Up in north Florida visit Civil War battlefields; stroll the University of Florida campus; and see buffalo and wild Spanish horses on Paynes Prairie. In central Florida explore Eatonville, home of writer Zora Neale Hurston, and listen to carillon music as you stroll the gardens around Bok Tower. Down in the keys find the 250-year-old wreck of the San Pedro, a "living museum in the sea" and the Key West home of famous author Ernest Hemingway.
Download or read book Murder at the Black Lagoon written by Susan Crawford and published by . This book was released on 2017-03-30 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vacation should be relaxing and fun, shouldn't it? Not for this family of six young adults! Murder is afoot in this beautiful historic lodge tucked away in the woods of northern Florida!Three thirty-something siblings and their spouses meet at the Wakulla Springs Lodge in Florida to reconnect and relax on vacation. They are charmed by the spectacular historic lodge surrounded by eerie Bald Cypress trees draped in Spanish moss and by the famous springs where the horror movie, The Creature from the Black Lagoon, was filmed in 1954.Diane DiGiuseppi, the take charge sibling in the family, is intrigued by some of the guests. Her inquisitive mind is filled with questions about them, questions that seem to have no answers. Soon a dead body is found murdered near the Black Lagoon filming location. It becomes obvious to the six young adults, and the sheriff, that the murderer could well be one of the lodge guests. Confined to the inn, the nervous guests wonder who among them is the murderer. As the suspense mounts the sheriff enlists the help of Diane and her family in catching the culprit before he strikes again. Will they be successful and stop him before he strikes again or will there be another murder at the Black Lagoon?
Download or read book A Death in Eden written by Keith McCafferty and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-07-09 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Keith McCafferty is a top-notch, first-rate, can't-miss novelist." --C.J. Box, #1 New York Times bestselling author When scarecrows appear in the cliffs above Montana's famous Smith River and a little girl reports being chased by one in the night, state investigator Harold Little Feather is brought in to find the culprit. Are the menacing effigies related to a copper-mining project that threatens the purity of the Smith? That's Harold's initial suspicion, but his investigation takes an ominous turn when a decapitated body is found in the river. As Harold's search leads him back in time through the canyon's history, Sean Stranahan launches his raft upriver. He has been hired to guide a floating party that includes Clint McCaine, the manager of the mine project; Bart Trueblood, the president of “Save The Smith,” a grassroots organization devoted to stopping the project; and the documentarian filming their arguments. McCaine and Trueblood grew up on the Smith on neighboring ranches, and as they travel downstream, it’s revealed that the two share a past that runs much deeper and darker than their opposing viewpoints. The currents of the seemingly unrelated trips will soon flow together, and Stranahan's long-time love Sheriff Martha Ettinger will enter the fray as the boats hurtle toward a date with danger at a place called Table Rock. A Death in Eden is the seventh novel in the acclaimed Sean Stranahan mystery series.
Download or read book Boys Life written by and published by . This book was released on 1989-08 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boys' Life is the official youth magazine for the Boy Scouts of America. Published since 1911, it contains a proven mix of news, nature, sports, history, fiction, science, comics, and Scouting.
Download or read book The Creature Chronicles written by Tom Weaver and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-02-06 with total page 1603 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He was the final addition to Universal's "royal family" of movie monsters: the Creature from the Black Lagoon. With his scaly armor, razor claws and a face only a mother octopus could love, this Amazon denizen was perhaps the most fearsome beast in the history of Hollywood's Studio of Horrors. But he also possessed a sympathetic quality which elevated him fathoms above the many aquatic monsters who swam in his wake. Everything you ever wanted to know about the Gill Man and his mid-1950s film career (Creature from the Black Lagoon, Revenge of the Creature, The Creature Walks Among Us) is collected in this book, packed to the gills with hour-by-hour production histories, cast bios, analyses, explorations of the music, script-to-screen comparisons, in-depth interviews and an ocean of fin-tastic photos.
Download or read book Wakulla County written by Eddie Page and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Established as the state's twenty-third county by the Florida legislature in 1843, Wakulla's rich history dates back to the Paleo-Indian period, when groups of Native Americans made use of and enjoyed the region's abundant natural resources. Today, over three-quarters of the county's total acreage is contained within wildlife refuge areas that protect tens of thousands of acres of timber, marshlands, and coastal estuaries, creating an unmatched natural beauty that is Wakulla's greatest asset. The port area of St. Marks, host to the Panfilo de Narvaez expedition in 1528 and the Hernando de Soto expedition in 1539, was an important shipping port to Middle Florida and South Georgia. Wakulla County was also once the site of long forgotten settlements such as Magnolia and Port Leon, ports along the St. Marks River that played important roles in the economic development of Middle Florida during the antebellum period. Home to outlets to the Gulf of Mexico along Apalachee Bay such as Panacea, Spring Creek, and Shell Point, Wakulla also boasts one of the world's largest and deepest freshwater springs and a premier tourist attraction. Capturing the spirit of Wakulla's pioneering settlers, as well as the county's magnificent landscape, this one-of-a-kind pictorial retrospective showcases the region's singular past through vintage photographs and other visual memorabilia.
Download or read book So You Think It s Murder written by Susan Crawford and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-29 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diane DiGiuseppi and her husband, Gio, join her two siblings and their spouses for their second annual family vacation of relaxing and exploring in sunny, warm Florida. For lodging Diane chose the purportedly haunted Daphne Inn located in the charming town of Mount Dora.It soon becomes obvious that the inn is truly haunted as messages start appearing on the walls.At the time of their visit, the town of Mount Dora is hosting it's first annual Bass Festival. Townspeople and visitors alike are in a flurry of excitement as to who will win the bass cooking competition with it's $10,000 grand prize plus a 6 month national TV cooking show! Diane and her family quickly become involved with Bertie, a delightful older woman who is well known locally as a prize winning gourmet chef. Young, handsome Chef Stephan Renaud, an up-and- coming chef, and his partner, soon arrive at the inn and turmoil begins!Bertie's problems mount up as she is accosted by two of the inn's guests who are after her bass recipe which has gone missing as well as the cookbook it came from. Discovering who has the recipe and the cookbook has the entire inn up in arms, including the spirits who are trapped there, as one by one murder comes knocking at their doors!Diane and her family find themselves surrounded by greed, love triangles, extortion and, of course, murder! This one is a page turner!
Download or read book Murder in Cottonwood Springs A Cottonwood Springs Cozy Mystery written by Dianne Harman and published by Cottonwood Springs Cozy Myster. This book was released on 2018-10-10 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 450,000 books have been sold by Dianne Harman, a two-time USA Today Bestselling Author. You can read all of them with Kindle Unlimited.Sheriff Rich got the call every lawman dreads
Download or read book Florida Fun Facts written by Eliot Kleinberg and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-10-17 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From theme parks to ballparks, the quirky to the educational, Miami to Tallahassee — every city and county in Florida are covered in this newly expanded edition:
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Download or read book Dream State written by Diane Roberts and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part family memoir, part political commentary, part apologia, Dream State is all Floridian, telling the grand and sometimes crazy story of the twenty-seventh state through the eyes of one of its native daughters. Acclaimed journalist and NPR commentator Diane Roberts has many family secrets and she's ready to tell them. Like the time her cousin state Senator Luther Tucker wrapped his Caddy around a tree, allegedly with a jug of moonshine on the seat next to him. Or how cousin Susan Branford was given an African girl for her eighth birthday. Or the time when cousin Enid Broward was made the May Queen of 1907, even though her daddy the governor shocked the state by trying to drain the entire Everglades. Roberts' ancestors helped settle Florida, kill off its pesky Indians, enslave some of its inhabitants, clear its forests, lay its train tracks, and pave its roads, all the time weaving themselves into the very fabric of this dangling chad of a state. With a storyteller's talent for setting great scenes, Roberts lays out the sweeping history of eight geberations of Browards and Bradfords, Tuckers anf Robertses, even as she Forest Gumps them into situations with more historically familiar names. Whether it's the American court of Catherine de Médicis, the Tallahassee court of Katherine Harris, Henry Flagler's boardroom -- not to mention his bedroom -- or Jeb Bush's statehouse, you're likely to find a branch or a root of the Roberts family growing entangled nearby. Starting in the recent past with the botched presidential election of 2000, Roberts introduces the many sides of the debate, coincidentally peopled with cousins both kissing and close. She then goes back to Florida's first inhabitants, showing how this alluring peninsula many called a paradise played a role in the destiny of those who settled there. Following their colorful progress up to the present, she renders them all with a deep, familial affection. Florida has forced itself into the collective American unconscious with its messed-up elections, anthrax scares, shark attacks,boat lifts, snowbirds, and the Bush dynasty. While exposing the real people whom Carl Hiaasen and Elmore Leonard have been fictionalizing for years, Dream State ultimately reveals the cogs and wheels that make the state tick.
Download or read book The Christian Parlor Book written by and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
