Backroads of paradise
Subtitle: a journey to rediscover old Florida
By: Cathy Salustri
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780813062969
Subjects: Description and travel
Description: "In the 1930s, the Federal Writers' Project paid Stetson Kennedy and Zora Neale Hurston, along with other lesser-known writers, to create driving tours of Florida. The FWP and the State of Florida jointly published the results as Florida: A Guide to the Southernmost State. In Backroads of Paradise, Cathy Salustri retraces the routes these writers traveled, bringing a modern eye to the historic tours."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-232) and index.
Table of contents: title: Salty oysters, sugar sand, and royal reds (US 98); title: Rainforest gardens, blue springs, and the loss of here (US 17); title: Whitewater, carnies, and a forgotten island (US 41); title: Gators, skunk apes, and Florida's final frontier (US 41, Naples to Miami); title: Christmas, nude beaches, and the space program (SR 50); title: How to measure a gator, the Sandhill Crane Project, and Yeehaw Junction (SR 60); title: Reptile World, catfish, and dinners and shows (US 192); title: Dollar General, Florida's first dumb criminals, and a sunken rainforest (US 441); title: Queen George, rattlesnakes, and peacocks (US 92); title: Mastodons, citrus candy, and the spine of the state (US 27); title: Shells, sugar, and 1928 (SR 80 and around Lake Okeechobee); title: Tarantulas, Day of the Cowboy, and the sharks of the Peace River (SR 70); title: Shrimp, clams, and a creative tourist tax (SR 24); title: Mermaids, manatees, and watermelon queens (US 19); title: The Confederacy, the criminally insane, and cotton (US 90); title: Franchise-less Florida, sand dunes of snow, and sawmill queens (US 29); title: Cotton, community, and corn (US 231); title: Death row, the World's Best Grocery Store, and finding gold (SR 100); title: Sour orange pie, the Green Swamp, and strawberry queens (US 301); title: The unluckiest town in Florida, caves, and Two Egg (SR 71); title: Paradise (A1A).