""A fascinating shoreline tour from Fernandina’s Amelia Island on the Atlantic to Pensacola on the Gulf."--Tampa Tribune"After reading this book, you might feel like jumping in your car and touring the lighthouses on the Florida coasts. If so, you’ll be in luck, because Florida Lighthouses contains maps and directions for reaching each lighthouse, plus information about tours and fees."--Florida Times-Union"McCarthy covers the construct ..."
"Sunken treasure, cannibalism, prison ships, Nazi submarines, the Bermuda triangle all are tied into the lore of shipwrecks along Florida s coasts. There are as many shipwreck stories as there are thousands of Florida shipwrecks. This book offers thirty of the most interesting of them from the tale of young Fontaneda, who wrecked in 1545 and was held captive by Indians for 17 years, to the story of the Coast Guard cutter Bibb, which was ..."
"Blackbeard, Jose Gaspar, Jean Lafitte ― the names conjure up a romantic, swashbuckling figure with a black patch over one eye, a cutlass in his teeth, and a brace of pistols tucked into his waistband. Actors such as Errol Flynn did much to create that devil-may-care attitude glamorized on the silver screen, but in fact, real pirates were not so admirable; for the most part they were cruel, greedy, dastardly brigands, many of whom were s ..."
"Kevin McCarthy, Andy Phillips. Published by LAUGH-A-LOT PRESS An imprint of
Equitable Media Services Post Office Box 9822 Fort Worth, TX 76147-2822
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data McCarthy, Kevin Gorilla
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"Briefly describes the lives and contributions of more than fifty notable African-Americans in Florida, from 1528 to the present, in such fields as education, politics, journalism, sports, music, and religion."
"Aesop's Fables present examples of selfishness turning to generosity, deception evolving into honor, and gloom unfolding to pleasure. These are moral tales which have survived since Aesop in the sixth century, B.C., and have traveled across transformed language and great distance. Celebrity performers include Tia Carrere, Glenda Jackson, Efram Zimbalist, Jr., Sharon Stone and Alfre Woodard."
"An entertaining selection of original mystery tales features the works of Carole Nelson Douglas, Ed Gorman, Amanda Cross, Gillian Roberts, M. D. Lake, and others, read by Meredith MacRae, Mason Adams, Susan Anspach, Robert Forster, and other celebrities."
"Aesop's fables present examples of selfishness turning to generosity, deception evolving into honor, and gloom unfolding to pleasure. These are moral tales which have survived since the life of Aesop and have traveled by language and distance. Celebrity performers include Harvey Fierstein, Sharon Stone, Michael York, Eddie Albert, Glenda Jackson, Rod Steiger, Gregory Hines, Cathy Moriarty, Stephanie Beacham, Elliott Gould and Vanessa Re ..."