Author: Eric H Heisner
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780999560242
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Paperback Mystery & Adventure novelist, Jonathan Tyler Springer decides to follow in the footsteps of Ernest Hemingway: drops a very successful writing career and moves to the southernmost island of the Florida Keys, Key West ... The Conch Republic
Mile Marker Zero
Author: William McKeen
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307592049
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
True stories of writers and pirates, painters and potheads, guitar pickers and drug merchants in Key West in the 1970s. For Hemingway and Fitzgerald, there was Paris in the twenties. For others, later, there was Greenwich Village, Big Sur, and Woodstock. But for an even later generation—one defined by the likes of Jimmy Buffett, Tom McGuane, and Hunter S. Thompson—there was another moveable feast: Key West, Florida. The small town on the two-by-four-mile island has long been an artistic haven, a wild refuge for people of all persuasions, and the inspirational home for a league of great American writers. Some of the artists went there to be literary he-men. Some went to re-create themselves. Others just went to disappear—and succeeded. No matter what inspired the trip, Key West in the seventies was the right place at the right time, where and when an astonishing collection of artists wove a web of creative inspiration. Mile Marker Zero tells the story of how these writers and artists found their identities in Key West and maintained their friendships over the decades, despite oceans of booze and boatloads of pot, through serial marriages and sexual escapades, in that dangerous paradise. Unlike the “Lost Generation” of Paris in the twenties, we have a generation that invented, reinvented, and found itself at the unending cocktail party at the end—and the beginning—of America’s highway.
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307592049
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
True stories of writers and pirates, painters and potheads, guitar pickers and drug merchants in Key West in the 1970s. For Hemingway and Fitzgerald, there was Paris in the twenties. For others, later, there was Greenwich Village, Big Sur, and Woodstock. But for an even later generation—one defined by the likes of Jimmy Buffett, Tom McGuane, and Hunter S. Thompson—there was another moveable feast: Key West, Florida. The small town on the two-by-four-mile island has long been an artistic haven, a wild refuge for people of all persuasions, and the inspirational home for a league of great American writers. Some of the artists went there to be literary he-men. Some went to re-create themselves. Others just went to disappear—and succeeded. No matter what inspired the trip, Key West in the seventies was the right place at the right time, where and when an astonishing collection of artists wove a web of creative inspiration. Mile Marker Zero tells the story of how these writers and artists found their identities in Key West and maintained their friendships over the decades, despite oceans of booze and boatloads of pot, through serial marriages and sexual escapades, in that dangerous paradise. Unlike the “Lost Generation” of Paris in the twenties, we have a generation that invented, reinvented, and found itself at the unending cocktail party at the end—and the beginning—of America’s highway.
The Holocaust Engine
Author: David Rike
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781622535606
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
A brain-rotting virus rages in the Florida Keys. The bewildered government destroys the mainland bridge and quarantines the islands. Soon, the population descends into chaos, as rival factions battle over dwindling resources, buildings become fortresses, boats lash together as defensible islands, and whole neighborhoods wall off into armed camps.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781622535606
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
A brain-rotting virus rages in the Florida Keys. The bewildered government destroys the mainland bridge and quarantines the islands. Soon, the population descends into chaos, as rival factions battle over dwindling resources, buildings become fortresses, boats lash together as defensible islands, and whole neighborhoods wall off into armed camps.
Key West Conch Cooking
Author: Joyce LaFray
Publisher: Seaside Publishing
ISBN: 9780942084627
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Want the secrets behind Key West's favorite recipes? Conch (say " konk") Cooking presents a nutritious alternative to the usual seafood fare and a delicious one! Joyce LaFray's collection, which includes time-tested recipes from Florida's famous restaurants and others, is sure to tempt both adventuresome palates and waist-conscious readers. Discover particulars about the conch, including easy-to-follow directions on removing the meat from the shell and tenderizing the queen conch. Recipes include favorites from Mangrove Mama s in Sugar Loaf Key, The Pier House in Key West and Marker 88 restaurant in Plantation Key. Now that conch meat is available in most seafood markets in the U.S. and abroad, this book will prove to be an invaluable cooking tool.
Publisher: Seaside Publishing
ISBN: 9780942084627
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Want the secrets behind Key West's favorite recipes? Conch (say " konk") Cooking presents a nutritious alternative to the usual seafood fare and a delicious one! Joyce LaFray's collection, which includes time-tested recipes from Florida's famous restaurants and others, is sure to tempt both adventuresome palates and waist-conscious readers. Discover particulars about the conch, including easy-to-follow directions on removing the meat from the shell and tenderizing the queen conch. Recipes include favorites from Mangrove Mama s in Sugar Loaf Key, The Pier House in Key West and Marker 88 restaurant in Plantation Key. Now that conch meat is available in most seafood markets in the U.S. and abroad, this book will prove to be an invaluable cooking tool.
The Mermaid of Black Conch
Author: Monique Roffey
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0593467353
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
This enchanting tale of a cursed mythical creature and the lonely fisherman who falls in love with her is "a daring, mesmerizing novel…single-handedly bringing magic realism up-to-date" (Maggie O’Farrell, best-selling author of Hamnet). "Sentence by sensuous sentence, Roffey builds a verdant, complicated world that is a pleasure to live inside.... You might start to believe in the existence of mermaids.” —The New York Times In 1976, David is fishing off the island of Black Conch when he comes upon a creature he doesn’t expect: a mermaid by the name of Aycayia. Once a beautiful young woman, she was cursed by jealous wives to live in this form for the rest of her days. But after the mermaid is caught by American tourists, David rescues and hides her away in his home, finding that, once out of the water, she begins to transform back into a woman. Now David must work to win Aycayia's trust while she relearns what it is to be human, navigating not only her new body but also her relationship with others on the island—a difficult task after centuries of loneliness. As David and Aycayia grow to love each other, they juggle both the joys and the dangers of life on shore. But a lingering question remains: Will the former mermaid be able to escape her curse? Taking on many points of view, this mythical adventure tells the story of one woman’s return to land, her healing, and her survival.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0593467353
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
This enchanting tale of a cursed mythical creature and the lonely fisherman who falls in love with her is "a daring, mesmerizing novel…single-handedly bringing magic realism up-to-date" (Maggie O’Farrell, best-selling author of Hamnet). "Sentence by sensuous sentence, Roffey builds a verdant, complicated world that is a pleasure to live inside.... You might start to believe in the existence of mermaids.” —The New York Times In 1976, David is fishing off the island of Black Conch when he comes upon a creature he doesn’t expect: a mermaid by the name of Aycayia. Once a beautiful young woman, she was cursed by jealous wives to live in this form for the rest of her days. But after the mermaid is caught by American tourists, David rescues and hides her away in his home, finding that, once out of the water, she begins to transform back into a woman. Now David must work to win Aycayia's trust while she relearns what it is to be human, navigating not only her new body but also her relationship with others on the island—a difficult task after centuries of loneliness. As David and Aycayia grow to love each other, they juggle both the joys and the dangers of life on shore. But a lingering question remains: Will the former mermaid be able to escape her curse? Taking on many points of view, this mythical adventure tells the story of one woman’s return to land, her healing, and her survival.
Home at the End of the World
Author: Rita B Troxel
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578810850
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
1st person non-fiction stories of Key West in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578810850
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
1st person non-fiction stories of Key West in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s.
My Key West Kitchen
Author: Norman Van Aken
Publisher: Kyle Books
ISBN: 9781909487772
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Award-winning chef Norman Van Aken has been cooking in Florida for 40 years. My Key West Kitchen is his love letter to Key West, where he first found the passion to cook, and where the unique cultural makeup of the island influenced his cuisine today. Follow Chef Van Aken as he strolls through Key West, reminiscing and re-creating dishes from "little joints" and restaurants both past and present. Norman includes recipes for his own take of the first foods and drinks he experienced in Key West and how they seemed "different than ordinary American fare," from the Sunday Fish Fry at Capt. Tony's to the Rib Sandwich and Dark & Stormy from the Bahama Village Elk's Club. Norman also focuses on the home cooking of Key West, whether it's "Yard Bird" Fricasse with Collard Greens and Pot Likker from the Tropical American South, Plaintain Soup from the Spanish Caribbean, or Nassau Grouper in Banana Leaves with Coconut "Run Down" from the British Caribbean. The colorful stories behind the recipes make My Key West Kitchen essential reading both in and out of the kitchen.
Publisher: Kyle Books
ISBN: 9781909487772
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Award-winning chef Norman Van Aken has been cooking in Florida for 40 years. My Key West Kitchen is his love letter to Key West, where he first found the passion to cook, and where the unique cultural makeup of the island influenced his cuisine today. Follow Chef Van Aken as he strolls through Key West, reminiscing and re-creating dishes from "little joints" and restaurants both past and present. Norman includes recipes for his own take of the first foods and drinks he experienced in Key West and how they seemed "different than ordinary American fare," from the Sunday Fish Fry at Capt. Tony's to the Rib Sandwich and Dark & Stormy from the Bahama Village Elk's Club. Norman also focuses on the home cooking of Key West, whether it's "Yard Bird" Fricasse with Collard Greens and Pot Likker from the Tropical American South, Plaintain Soup from the Spanish Caribbean, or Nassau Grouper in Banana Leaves with Coconut "Run Down" from the British Caribbean. The colorful stories behind the recipes make My Key West Kitchen essential reading both in and out of the kitchen.
Weird U.S.
Author: Mark Sceurman
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402745447
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Explores ghosts and haunted places, local legends, cursed roads, crazy characters, and unusual roadside attractions found in the United States.
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402745447
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Explores ghosts and haunted places, local legends, cursed roads, crazy characters, and unusual roadside attractions found in the United States.
It Happened in Florida
Author: E. Lynne Wright
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0762761695
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
From Ponce de Leon’s discovery of the “Land of Flowers” in 1513 to the suspense of the 2000 presidential election, It Happened in Florida takes readers on a behind-the-scenes tour of thirty of the most compelling episodes from the Sunshine State’s vibrant past. This revised edition includes brand new glimpses into Florida history, a map, and a thorough index.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0762761695
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
From Ponce de Leon’s discovery of the “Land of Flowers” in 1513 to the suspense of the 2000 presidential election, It Happened in Florida takes readers on a behind-the-scenes tour of thirty of the most compelling episodes from the Sunshine State’s vibrant past. This revised edition includes brand new glimpses into Florida history, a map, and a thorough index.
Wood's Wall
Author: Steven Becker
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780991258437
Category : Key West (Fla.)
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
"Tthree fishermen trolling the Gulf Stream off Marathon in the Florida Keys discover a square grouper. Besides the drugs, the package contains a secret that changes their lives and jeopardizes the very existence of the Keys. Mac Travis is laying low: Fishing, Diving and doing enough salvage work to pay his bills. When his wayward deckhand brings him part of the package, he and his girlfriend Mel, are drawn into the chase that ends with a plot to assassinate the President and destroy Key West."--Back cover.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780991258437
Category : Key West (Fla.)
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
"Tthree fishermen trolling the Gulf Stream off Marathon in the Florida Keys discover a square grouper. Besides the drugs, the package contains a secret that changes their lives and jeopardizes the very existence of the Keys. Mac Travis is laying low: Fishing, Diving and doing enough salvage work to pay his bills. When his wayward deckhand brings him part of the package, he and his girlfriend Mel, are drawn into the chase that ends with a plot to assassinate the President and destroy Key West."--Back cover.
The Florida Keys
Author: Joy Williams
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0307763811
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
The Florida Keys: A History & Guide is an engaging handbook to the unique coral and limestone islands that curve southwest off the tip of Florida. Acclaimed novelist and Florida resident Joy Williams traces U.S. Highway 1 from Key Largo to Key West, combining the best of local legend—colorful stories you won’t find in other guidebooks—with insightful commentary and the most up-to-date advice on where to stay, eat, and wander. Along the way, you will: • explore the exquisite underwater world of North America’s only living reef • discover the beautiful bridges that span the Keys, the forts, and the distinctive “conch” architecture of Key West • experience the eerie serenity of Florida Bay’s “backcountry” and the unique ecology of the Keys • visit the Key West cemetery and learn about the lives of some of the Keys’ eccentrics—writers, madmen, and entrepreneurs with various delusions • find the best (and avoid the worst) cafés, inns, and other establishments that the Keys have to offer Here is the most thorough and candid guide to the Keys, one of the most surprising locales in America. With insight and style, Joy Williams shares with us all of the region’s idiosyncrasies and delights.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0307763811
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
The Florida Keys: A History & Guide is an engaging handbook to the unique coral and limestone islands that curve southwest off the tip of Florida. Acclaimed novelist and Florida resident Joy Williams traces U.S. Highway 1 from Key Largo to Key West, combining the best of local legend—colorful stories you won’t find in other guidebooks—with insightful commentary and the most up-to-date advice on where to stay, eat, and wander. Along the way, you will: • explore the exquisite underwater world of North America’s only living reef • discover the beautiful bridges that span the Keys, the forts, and the distinctive “conch” architecture of Key West • experience the eerie serenity of Florida Bay’s “backcountry” and the unique ecology of the Keys • visit the Key West cemetery and learn about the lives of some of the Keys’ eccentrics—writers, madmen, and entrepreneurs with various delusions • find the best (and avoid the worst) cafés, inns, and other establishments that the Keys have to offer Here is the most thorough and candid guide to the Keys, one of the most surprising locales in America. With insight and style, Joy Williams shares with us all of the region’s idiosyncrasies and delights.