Al Burt's Florida - (Florida History and Culture) (Paperback)

About the Book

This book takes readers on a tour of Florida through the writing of Al Burt, longtime reporter for the
Miami Herald, exploring the charm, substance, and fantasy of a complex and fascinating state.

Book Synopsis

This book takes readers on a tour of Florida through the writing of Al Burt, longtime reporter for the
Miami Herald, exploring the charm, substance, and fantasy of a complex and fascinating state.

Review Quotes



"Few people have traveled the state more, or
know it more intimately, than Al Burt. For 23 years he wore out tire
treads and shoe leather visiting all corners of the place. . . . Over
and over again one is struck with how Burt managed to catch the last
train, so to speak: to talk to the old people who remembered Florida as
it was in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries."--Miami Herald



"The former Miami Herald
editor and roving reporter pours out his love and concern for his home
in true tales, shared in the manner of someone who has not only studied
the state's history, but lived it."--Gainesville Sun



"Al Burt's Florida serves as a personal memoir and informal history of Florida. It's filled with memories, good folks, and sharp observations."--St. Petersburg Times



"[Al
Burt] knows the state's secret wonders, its backwoods characters, and
its few undiscovered hamlets better than anyone, and he writes about
them with grace, wit, and charm."--Tampa Tribune



"Burt's
prose is a pleasure to read. . . . He has an exquisite feel for the
land, and he carries his reader from the limestone depths of the
peninsula, up through the marl and the sand, into the land of gopher
tortoises, rat snakes, and sand pines, and finally into an atmosphere
spiked with bugs and stirred by hurricanes."--Florida Historical Quarterly

About the Author

Al Burt (1927-2008) worked as a journalist for 45 years, the last 22 of which he spent as a roving Florida columnist for the Miami Herald. The recipient of numerous journalism awards, he was a freelance contributor to many magazines, including The Nation and Historic Preservation, and is the author of several books, among them The Tropic of Cracker.