Wakulla Springs
Title | Wakulla Springs PDF eBook |
Author | Andy Duncan |
Publisher | Tor Books |
Pages | 120 |
Release | 2013-10-02 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1466854901 |
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.
The Wakulla Springs Project
Title | The Wakulla Springs Project PDF eBook |
Author | William C. Stone |
Publisher | |
Pages | 212 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Cave diving |
ISBN | 9780962178504 |
Murder at Wakulla Springs
Title | Murder at Wakulla Springs PDF eBook |
Author | Abrams |
Publisher | Booklocker.com |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2006-10 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9781601450593 |
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!
Oh, Florida!
Title | Oh, Florida! PDF eBook |
Author | Craig Pittman |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 413 |
Release | 2016-07-05 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1250071208 |
A fun- and fact-filled investigation into why the Sunshine State is the weirdest but also the most influential state in the Union.
Marjorie Harris Carr
Title | Marjorie Harris Carr PDF eBook |
Author | Peggy Macdonald |
Publisher | University Press of Florida |
Pages | 350 |
Release | 2014-03-18 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0813047552 |
Marjorie Harris Carr (1915-1997) is best known for leading the fight against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Cross Florida Barge Canal. In this first full-length biography, Peggy Macdonald corrects many long-held misapprehensions about the self-described “housewife from Micanopy,” who struggled to balance career and family with her husband, Archie Carr, a pioneering conservation biologist. Born in Boston, Carr grew up in southwest Florida, exploring marshes and waterways and observing firsthand the impact of unchecked development on the state’s flora and fauna. Macdonald’s work depicts a determined woman and Phi Beta Kappa scholar who earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in zoology only to see her career thwarted by institutionalized gender discrimination. Carr launched her conservation career in the 1950s while raising five children and eventually became one of the century’s leading environmental activists. A series of ecological catastrophes in the 1960s placed Florida in the vanguard of the burgeoning environmental revolution as the nation’s developing eco-consciousness ushered in a wave of revolutionary legislation. With Carr serving as one of the most effective leaders of a powerful contingent of citizen activists who opposed dredging a canal across the state, “Free the Ocklawaha” became a rallying cry for environmentalists throughout the country. Marjorie Harris Carr is an intimate look at this remarkable woman who dedicated her life to conserving Florida’s wildlife and wild places. It is also a revelation of how the grassroots battle to save a small but vitally important river in central Florida transformed the modern environmental movement.
The Springs of Florida
Title | The Springs of Florida PDF eBook |
Author | Doug Stamm |
Publisher | Pineapple Press Inc |
Pages | 122 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN | 1561644226 |
The deepest and largest known springs in the world are found here. The photographs are the result of hundreds of hours under water. This new edition is completely updated to serve as a guide to Florida's many spring parks and their inhabitants. Vital for canoeists, kayakers, divers, snorkelers, and visitors.
Life Along the Apalachicola River
Title | Life Along the Apalachicola River PDF eBook |
Author | Jim McClellan |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 131 |
Release | 2014-11-11 |
Genre | Photography |
ISBN | 1625853017 |
In the Apalachicola River Valley, outdoor adventure is a way of life. It's a culture of fishing, hunting and everything in between, but this culture is fading as overdevelopment upstream dries up the region's natural resources. These narratives are part of an effort to capture the memories and keep those traditions alive. The quirky stories include calling a gator to a creek bank, exploring the origin of "Polehenge" and understanding just what makes Catawba worms so special. Learn the basics of frog gigging and ponder how many fish make a "mess." Author and Florida native Jim McClellan revives local stories from the banks of the Big River and preserves the allure of this fading swamp paradise.