Key Largo (Images of America) - Softcover

Bertelli, Brad; Wilkinson, Jerry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0738590630 ISBN 13: 9780738590639

Verlag: ARCADIA PUB (SC), 2012

Inhaltsangabe

Key Largo is a subtropical escape. The island's history has been shaped by coral reefs as well as wreckers, farmers, and fishermen.

Key Largo was homesteaded by intrepid families who braved life before the modern conveniences of running water, air-conditioning, and mosquito control were introduced. Inevitably, big changes were coming. Henry Flagler's Key West Extension changed the Florida Keys; hurricanes, too, have altered life here, especially the Great Labor Day Hurricane of 1935, the strongest storm ever recorded in the United States. Since then, the island has been immortalized in movie and song, but modern Key Largo has been defined by fishing and diving, which led to the development of the hospitality industry that dominates today. This book reveals Key Largo's other facets: the coral castle, underwater park, pineapple farmers, and artists that carved their history on this island.

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Jerry Wilkinson moved to the Florida Keys in 1947. The president of the Historical Preservation Society of the Upper Keys, Wilkinson is a mentor to Brad Bertelli, a member of the Florida Outdoors Writers Association who is on the board of trustees at the Historical Preservation Society of the Upper Keys. Bertelli has published two books with the University Press of Florida.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: ARCADIA PUB (SC)
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0738590630
• ISBN 13: 9780738590639
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 127
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