The Florida Keys

The Florida Keys
Author: Joy Williams
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2010-09-01
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 0307763811

The Florida Keys: A History & Guide is an engaging handbook to the unique coral and limestone islands that curve southwest off the tip of Florida. Acclaimed novelist and Florida resident Joy Williams traces U.S. Highway 1 from Key Largo to Key West, combining the best of local legend—colorful stories you won’t find in other guidebooks—with insightful commentary and the most up-to-date advice on where to stay, eat, and wander. Along the way, you will: • explore the exquisite underwater world of North America’s only living reef • discover the beautiful bridges that span the Keys, the forts, and the distinctive “conch” architecture of Key West • experience the eerie serenity of Florida Bay’s “backcountry” and the unique ecology of the Keys • visit the Key West cemetery and learn about the lives of some of the Keys’ eccentrics—writers, madmen, and entrepreneurs with various delusions • find the best (and avoid the worst) cafés, inns, and other establishments that the Keys have to offer Here is the most thorough and candid guide to the Keys, one of the most surprising locales in America. With insight and style, Joy Williams shares with us all of the region’s idiosyncrasies and delights.

Insiders' Guide® to Florida Keys & Key West

Insiders' Guide® to Florida Keys & Key West
Author: Juliet Dyal Gray
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2012-11-06
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 0762790989

For more than twenty years, the Insiders' Guide series has remained the essential source for in-depth travel and relocation information. Written by locals and true insiders, each guide is packed with useful tips on places to stay, restaurants, events, attractions, fun thnigs to do with the kids, nightlife, recreation, shopping, local history, and much more--as well as a comprehensive appendix called "Living Here" that offers information on real estate, education, health care, and more.

Key West and the Florida Keys

Key West and the Florida Keys
Author: Lynn M. Homan
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 134
Release: 2006
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780738542966

This collection of postcards captures a trip along that magical ribbon of road from the Florida mainland to the "Southernmost City" of Key West and makes for an unforgettable journey.

The Florida Keys Bucket List

The Florida Keys Bucket List
Author: David L. Sloan
Publisher: Phantom Press (FL)
Total Pages: 118
Release: 2017-06-15
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 9780983167181

Make your vacation a bucket list vacation with 100 offbeat adventures from Key Largo to Key West. Each item on the list includes a description, reasons to do it, reasons to skip it, local advice and a box for you to check off your adventure once it is complete. Informative and humorous, The Florida Keys Bucket List gets to the point and makes the ideal guide for your Florida Keys road trip.

The Florida Keys

The Florida Keys
Author: John Viele
Publisher: Pineapple Press Inc
Total Pages: 178
Release: 1996
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781561641017

Well-researched, fascinating accounts of Florida Keys' life of the past two centuries.

Good Night Florida Keys

Good Night Florida Keys
Author: Mark Jasper
Publisher: Good Night Books
Total Pages: 20
Release: 2008-02-08
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1602199116

From sweet calypso music to yummy Key lime pie, this adorable board book invites little ones to explore all the sites, sounds, and tastes the Florida Keys has to offer, including conch shell blowing, boating, fishing and diving, Seven Mile Bridge, Bahia Honda State Park, Fort Jefferson, Key deer, Mallory Square, Duval Street, treasure hunting, sea life, and more.

Hidden History of the Florida Keys

Hidden History of the Florida Keys
Author: Laura Albritton
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 153
Release: 2018-11-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 1439665702

“Seldom-told tales of the ‘lively and unusual cast of historic figures’ who helped shape the Florida Keys from the 1820s through the 1960s.”—Keys News The Florida Keys have witnessed all kinds of historical events, from the dramatic and the outrageous to the tragic and the comic. In the nineteenth century, uncompromising individuals fought duels and plotted political upsets. During the Civil War, a company of “Key West Avengers” escaped their Union-occupied city to join the Confederacy by sailing through the Bahamas. In the early twentieth century, black Bahamians founded a town of their own, while railway engineers went up against the U.S. Navy in a bid to complete the Overseas Railroad. When Prohibition came to the Keys, one defiant woman established a rum-running empire that dominated South Florida. Join Laura Albritton and Jerry Wilkinson as they delve into tales of treasure hunters, developers, exotic dancers, determined preservationists and more, from the colorful history of these islands. Includes photos

Flyfisher's Guide to the Florida Keys

Flyfisher's Guide to the Florida Keys
Author: Ben Taylor
Publisher: Wilderness Adventures Press
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2001
Genre: Florida
ISBN: 1885106742

This is the most comprehensive travel/flyfishing guidebook to be published on flyfishing in the Keys & Everglades. Captain Ben Taylor uses his profound knowledge & experience to write a solid guidebook which covers the Upper, Middle & Lower Keys, the Fringe Keys, Key Largo, the Everglades, as well as the Marquesas. Fish included are Tarpon, Bonefish, Permit, Redfish, Snook, Seatrout, Sharks in addition to illustrations for more than 25 game fish with descriptions & tactics. Included are over 120 detailed lake & river maps showing lake depths, river access, campsites, & areas of special interest in addition to hatch charts, stream facts & recommended flies & leaders, gear & tackle. Also includes information on tides, charts, & Florida Keys ethics. In keeping with the guidebook series, this book also includes essential travel information such as accommodations, campgrounds, listings for fly shops, boat rental, guide service, restaurants, car repair & rental, hospitals & much more.

Hidden History of the Florida Keys

Hidden History of the Florida Keys
Author: Laura Albritton & Jerry Wilkinson
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2018
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1467138916

The Florida Keys have witnessed all kinds of historical events, from the dramatic and the outrageous to the tragic and the comic. Join the authors as they delve into tales of treasure hunters, developers, exotic dancers, determined preservationists and more from the colorful history of the Florida Keys.

The Florida Keys

The Florida Keys
Author: Joy Williams
Publisher: Random House (NY)
Total Pages: 226
Release: 1988
Genre: Florida
ISBN: 9780679721765

Now in its tenth edition, "The Florida Keys is a smart, stylish handbook to one of the most unique locales in America, visited by more than 2.54 million vacationers each year. An unlikely sprinkling of coral and limestone islands that curve southwest from the tip for Florida, the Florida Keys have always been a vacationer's dream, and author Joy Williams shares with us all of the region's idiosyncrasies and delights. From the diving and fishing meccas of Key Largo and Marathon to funky, sophisticated Key West and the remote outpost of Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas, "The Florida Keys serves the traveler as a witty and informative companion, covering all the practicalities of where to stay and eat.