By William McKeen
ISBN-10: 0813042054
ISBN-13: 9780813042053
Florida can appear like a kid's dream of paradise: unending sunny days, journeys to the seashore to swim and construct sandcastles, motorcycle driving and not using a jacket in the course of January, and magical themeparks just a brief force away. yet what was once existence really like if you grew up here?
During a up to date reunion, writers invoice McKeen, Tim Dorsey, and Jeff Klinkenberg came upon themselves lamenting that such a lot of in their formative years stories have been fading away. For them, and for plenty of, Florida isn't just a spot humans go to, it’s the place they come from.
That can suggest many stuff to many of us, because the stellar forged of writers, newshounds, and musicians eloquently exhibit in Homegrown in Florida. This completely pleasurable and robust anthology goals on the middle of the glories of youth and the soreness of transforming into up. either a party of the unique, untamed desert of a adolescence jam-packed with moss-draped oaks and citrus fields, evergreen winters and palmetto fronds, and a reminder that innocence frequently gave technique to adventure as motorcycle paths grew to become inner most advancements, and swimming holes have been paved over via interstates, Homegrown in Florida is full of tears and laughter alike.
Featuring contributions from Carl Hiaasen, Tom Petty, Zora Neale Hurston, Michael Connelly, and lots of extra, it is a booklet for each baby of previous Florida, and each baby at heart.
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