What Happened To Ochopee

Author : Jeff Whichello
Publisher : Jflu Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780615926025
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What Happened to Ochopee? written by Jeff Whichello and published by Jflu Publishing. This book was released on 2014-01-15 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like a tall palm tree growing from a single seed, the community of Ochopee emerged from one man's solitary dream. In 1928, twenty-eight-year-old James Gaunt saw undiscovered potential in the swamp that lay on either side of the new road that connected Tampa to Miami. His love of farming and community fueled his actions to build his own world. One of the top producers of tomatoes in the country, Ochopee earned its place on the Florida map but when the market dropped, other adventurers joined. Only people with a certain creativity, work-ethic, and talent succeeded in this mucky land. An airboat and a swamp buggy venture, animal exhibits, real estate businesses, a water company, a mining operation, restaurants, a motel, bars, a general store, a campground, movie makers, and a skunk-ape followed Gaunt to the grassy field he first declared his home. A small twentieth century pioneer town prospered on the open plain where children were born and families lived in peace. Then, the takers came. These big-picture people were unconcerned about the details of their actions while staring at a map of Florida from their government offices. They were unable to imagine or realize the activities of this unique community living free in the wild. When environmentalists and developers collided on the Ochopee battle ground, it was the common person, the one who scrambled every day to feed their family who suffered in this war. The only one with a stake in it, they had something to lose. This is a true story. Story quotes were taken from newspapers and other sources and feelings, thoughts and emotions were taken from interviews with eye-witnesses. The book contains 50 images.

Author : Dave Barry
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101982616
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Best. State. Ever. written by Dave Barry and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times bestseller—a brilliantly funny exploration of the Sunshine State from the man who knows it best: Pulitzer Prize winner Dave Barry. We never know what will happen next in Florida. We know only that, any minute now, something will. Every few months, Dave Barry gets a call from some media person wanting to know, “What the hell is wrong with Florida?” Somehow, the state's acquired an image as a subtropical festival of stupid, and as a loyal Floridian, Dave begs to differ. Join him as he goes in hunt of the legendary Skunk Ape; hobnobs with the mermaids of Weeki Wachee Springs; and visits Cassadaga, the psychic capital of the world, to have his dog's aura read (apparently, she's "very spiritual"). Hitch a ride for the non-stop thrills of alligator-wrestling ("the gators display the same fighting spirit as a Barcalounger"), the hair-raising spectacle of a clothing-optional bar in Key West, and the manly manliness of the Machine Gun Experience in Miami. It's the most hilarious book yet from “the funniest damn writer in the whole country” (Carl Hiaasen, and he should know). By the end, you'll have to admit that whatever else you might think about Florida—you can never say it's boring.

Author : Maureen Sullivan-Hartung
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467105724
Total Pages : 128 pages
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Download or read book Everglades City written by Maureen Sullivan-Hartung and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Today's Everglades City was originally called 'Everglade' when it was but a vast formidable wilderness. ...it became Everglades (plural) in 1923. This former desolate acreage, located approximately 45 miles south of Naples, was soon bustling, with not only shops and homes, but also... the Western Hemisphere entrance of the Everglades National Park, bringing in tourists from around the world. ...Approximately 500 residents live in Everglades City year-round today."--Back cover.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Conservation and Natural Resources Subcommittee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1488 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Protecting America's Estuaries: Florida written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Conservation and Natural Resources Subcommittee and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 1488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. National Park Service. Southeast Regional Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida written by United States. National Park Service. Southeast Regional Office and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Big Cypress National Preserve General Management Plan (GMP) written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. National Park Service
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Draft General Management Plan and Draft Environmental Impact Statemement written by United States. National Park Service and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. National Park Service
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 460 pages
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Download or read book text written by United States. National Park Service and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1054 pages
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Download or read book National Geographic written by and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 1054 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Patrick D. Smith
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1561645427
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Allapattah written by Patrick D. Smith and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-five-year-old Seminole Toby Tiger lives in despair in the Florida Everglades. He loves the land and everything that exists in the natural world: the deer and egrets, turtles and herons, cypress trees and sawgrass, ponds and marshes, and, most of all, Allapattah, the crocodile. He watches helplessly as the white man imposes his will on the Seminoles, forcing them either to conform or to eke out a living wrestling alligators and carving trinkets for tourists. According to Toby, the whites “destroy all that they touch." Toby refuses to bend to the white man's will and fights back the only way he knows how. He becomes Allapattah, a creature that earns his respect and protection.