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Backroads of paradise : a journey to rediscover old Florida / Cathy Salustri.

by Salustri, Cathy, author.

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Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2016.

Florida -- Description and travel.

9780813062969 (hbk.) :

xiii, 239 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Salty oysters, sugar sand, and royal reds (US 98) -- Rainforest gardens, blue springs, and the loss of here (US 17) -- Whitewater, carnies, and a forgotten island (US 41) -- Gators, skunk apes, and Florida's final frontier (US 41, Naples to Miami) -- Christmas, nude beaches, and the space program (SR 50) -- How to measure a gator, the Sandhill Crane Project, and Yeehaw Junction (SR 60) -- Reptile World, catfish, and dinners and shows (US 192) -- Dollar General, Florida's first dumb criminals, and a sunken rainforest (US 441) -- Queen George, rattlesnakes, and peacocks (US 92) -- Mastodons, citrus candy, and the spine of the state (US 27) -- Shells, sugar, and 1928 (SR 80 and around Lake Okeechobee) -- Tarantulas, Day of the Cowboy, and the sharks of the Peace River (SR 70) -- Shrimp, clams, and a creative tourist tax (SR 24) -- Mermaids, manatees, and watermelon queens (US 19) -- The Confederacy, the criminally insane, and cotton (US 90) -- Franchise-less Florida, sand dunes of snow, and sawmill queens (US 29) -- Cotton, community, and corn (US 231) -- Death row, the World's Best Grocery Store, and finding gold (SR 100) -- Sour orange pie, the Green Swamp, and strawberry queens (US 301) -- The unluckiest town in Florida, caves, and Two Egg (SR 71) -- Paradise (A1A).

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