Easygoing Guide to Natural Florida
Author : Douglas Waitley
Publisher : Pineapple Press Inc
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 27,39 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Florida
ISBN : 1561643718
Easygoing Guide to Natural Florida, Volume 2
Author : Douglas Waitley
Publisher : Pineapple Press Inc
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 16,84 MB
Release : 2008-03
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1561643742
Book Description
Trips for nature lovers that won't strain the muscles.
Bicycling in Florida
Author : Tom Oswald
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 31,42 MB
Release : 2015-10-17
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1561648264
Book Description
This newly updated guide to the best cycling in Florida is jam-packed with information. Ride up to the highest point in Florida (345 feet), along the Suwannee River, through central Florida's horse farms, and out to Key Biscayne along the Rickenbacker Causeway. This book includes complete directions, maps, and important information for over 70 such rides, so you can be well-informed and safe on your journeys. In addition to detailed information on each ride, this book also gives important information on cycling laws and safety issues, and tells you where to stop to see the best scenery. Also given are the names and addresses of area bike associations.
Florida's Uplands
Author : Ellie Whitney
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 19,47 MB
Release : 2015-10-17
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1561648477
Book Description
Taken from the earlier book Priceless Florida (and modified for a stand-alone book), this volume discusses the well-drained areas of Florida, including high pine grasslands, flatwoods and prairies, interior scrub, hardwood hammocks, rocklands and caves, and beach dunes. Introduces readers to the trees and plants, insects, mammals, reptiles, and other species that live in Florida's unique uplands ecosystem. Next in series > > See all of the books in this series
Florida's Wetlands
Author : Ellie Whitney
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 50,78 MB
Release : 2015-10-17
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1561648485
Book Description
Taken from the earlier book Priceless Florida (and modified for a stand-alone book), this volume discusses Florida's wetlands, including interior wetlands, seepage wetlands, marshes, flowing-water swamps, beaches and marine marshes, and mangrove swamps. Introduces readers to the trees and plants, insects, mammals, reptiles, and other species that live in Florida's unique wetlands ecosystem, including the Virginia iris, American white waterlily, cypress, treefrogs, warblers, and the Florida black bear. Next in series > > See all of the books in this series
Florida's Waters
Author : Ellie Whitney
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 49,25 MB
Release : 2015-10-17
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1561649295
Book Description
Taken from the earlier book Priceless Florida (and modified for a stand-alone book), this volume discusses the fresh- and saltwater systems of Florida, including lakes and ponds; rivers and streams; springs; aquatic caves; estuarine waters and seafloors; submarine meadows, sponge, rock, and reef communities; and the Gulf and Atlantic Ocean. Introduces readers to the trees and plants, insects, mammals, reptiles, and other species that live in Florida's unique water ecosystems, including chicken turtle, barking treefrogs, osprey, herons, bass, crayfish, conchs, cordgrass, and railroad vine. Discusses the food chain and the interconnectedness of all species. See all of the books in this series
Florida's Museums and Cultural Attractions
Author : Murray D. Laurie
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 49,53 MB
Release : 2016-12-29
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1561649996
Book Description
This newly updated guide has a destination to suit every interest. See Florida through the eyes of the natives, pioneers, artists, statesmen, and writers who have lived here. Visit country stores, one-room schoolhouses, coquina forts, and churches, as well as mansions, theaters, art galleries, and gardens. You'll find over 350 museums and attractions to choose from.
Historical Traveler's Guide to Florida
Author : Eliot Kleinberg
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 13,33 MB
Release : 2015-10-17
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1561646636
Book Description
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.
Best Backroads of Florida: The heartland
Author : Douglas Waitley
Publisher : Pineapple Press Inc
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 24,54 MB
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 9781561641895
Book Description
Takes readers on a tour through the backroads of Florida, providing directions, maps, and recommended sights.
Visiting Small-Town Florida
Author : Bruce Hunt
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 17,66 MB
Release : 2015-10-17
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1561646032
Book Description
This new edition of Bruce Hunt's popular guide reveals the real, old-time Florida still to be found on the back roads of the Sunshine state in little towns that lure you in with their quaintness and keep you there for a spell with their friendly occupants. The towns featured all have a population of less than 10,000. There is an introduction with each town’s history. Included are museums, galleries, antiques shops, local eateries, local fishing holes, and unusual and endearing local characters. This travelogue and guidebook lets you experience the flavor of Florida's back-road burgs and provides directions, addresses, phone numbers, and websites.
