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.

Key West, a quirky little island some 166 miles south of Miami across the Overseas Highway found at the very end of Highway U.S. 1. It’s a place where all are welcome whether you’re an artist, writer, beach bum, vacationer, or just running away from the real world. Many a tourist have gone to Key West and fallen in love with the intoxicating atmosphere of this perpetually warm subtropical oasis. Such was the case when the author, Mark Lee, and his wife made their first trip to Key West in January 1999. Little did he know that some fifteen years later he would be writing a travel guide to one of his favorite places, Key West. Let The Ultimate Key West Bar Guide be your "passport to paradise" as Mark Lee takes you to some of his favorite places in Key West. He uses his personal Florida Keys travel experiences to acquaint you with some of the best places to find a cool drink and great food and in the process find out some cool history surrounding each site. Not just a bar guide, Mark gives you a resource for finding hotels, tours, and some of the top attractions in town. Whether you are a first time or an experienced traveler you’re sure to find out something that you didn’t know about the Southernmost City. It’s packed full of pictures to give you a real flavor for Key West and advice for making the most of your trip. After reading this book, you should have everything you need to get primed for your own trip to Key West and the Florida Keys.

A memoir of growing up, living, working, and playing on one of America's premier tourist destinations. The stories and recollections convey a picture of the non-tourist side of Key West, and reveal a family side to commercial fishing.It is also a story about the author's father - an adventure seeker who fought naval battles in WWII, fished the distant Dry Tortugas and Bahama waters, searched for sunken treasure, and clashed with trap robbers and drug smugglers.

All rise . . . True Crime Vol. 3 is now in session! Regarding the matter of the true criminal history of the Florida Keys, bestselling local author Terry Schmida has twice been found responsible for providing the court of public opinion with salacious, and gripping stories of the underbelly of paradise. Comes now the former Key West Citizen crime reporter, with another 16 fascinating accounts of random slashers, strumpet-stranglers, dildo-thieves - and even cat-nappers - all presented in Schmida's inimitable and captivating writing style. To wit, Schmida relates: The unbelievable Norvella Weaver affair, during which the "willowy brunette" shot her estranged husband 11 times - in self-defense! The tragic matter of game warden Guy Bradley, who was murdered while protecting wading birds from plume poachers. The compelling case of Betty Neumar, whose trail of five dead husbands ran through a mobile home on Big Coppitt Key. The chaotic circumstances under which the record-setting "Big Pine 29" pot bust was made, in 1980. ...And many, many more fascinating files from the southernmost crime scene in the U.S.A.!