FLORIDIANA SELECTIONS

Each student selects a "reading for pleasure" book about Florida, and then writes a paper discussing how the characters in the book relate to the Florida Environment, and how it has helped the student develop their sense of place.

Title of Book (year published)

Author

2010 Demers Section read An Everglades Providence: Marjory Stoneman Douglas and the American Environmental Century (2009) by Jack E Davis click here for student presentations (click on the  link to see the student presentations from select chapters) Jack E. Davis University of Georgia Press
2009 Demers Section read Paving Paradise by Craig Pittman and Matthew Waite Craig Pittman and Michael Waite
2008 Demers Section read The Swamp (2008) by Michael Grunwald Michael Grunwald

Crackers in the Glade; Life and Times in the Old Everglades (2000)

Rob Storter
From Eden to Sahara John Kunkel Small.
Michael Gannon’s History Of Florida In 40 Minutes (2007) Michael Gannon
Cracker, The Cracker Culture in Florida History (1998) Dana Ste. Claire
The Calusa and their Legacy: South Florida people and their Environment (2004) MacMahon, Darcie & William H. Marquardt
The Truth about Florida (1956) Needham Christopher Hines
Nature Girl Carl Hiaasen
From the Swamp to the Keys (2003) Johnny Molloy
Danger in South Florida C Johnson
The Caloosahatchee, History of The Caloosahatchee River and The City of Fort Myers, Florida (1982) Thomas A. Gonzalez
Immokalee's Fields of Hope (2002)  C. A. Thissen
Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad that Crossed an Ocean (2002) L. Standiford

The Man Who Invented Florida

Randy Wayne White
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