Homegrown in Florida
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Homegrown in Florida

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eBook - ePub

Homegrown in Florida

About this book

Florida can seem like a child's dream of paradise: endless sunny days, trips to the beach to swim and build sandcastles, bike riding without a jacket in the middle of January, and magical themeparks only a short drive away. But what was life really like for those who grew up here?

During a recent reunion, writers Bill McKeen, Tim Dorsey, and Jeff Klinkenberg found themselves lamenting that so many of their childhood memories were fading away. For them, and for many, Florida is not just a place people go to, it's where they come from.

That can mean many things to many people, as the stellar cast of writers, journalists, and musicians eloquently reveal in Homegrown in Florida. This utterly satisfying and powerful anthology aims at the heart of the glories of childhood and the pain of growing up. Both a celebration of the exotic, untamed wilderness of a youth filled with moss-draped oaks and citrus fields, evergreen winters and palmetto fronds, and a reminder that innocence often gave way to experience as bike paths became private developments, and swimming holes were paved over by interstates, Homegrown in Florida is filled with tears and laughter alike.

Featuring contributions from Carl Hiaasen, Tom Petty, Zora Neale Hurston, Michael Connelly, and many more, this is a book for every child of old Florida, and every child at heart.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Introduction
  8. 1 I, Floridian
  9. 2 Why Chuck Wouldn’t Get Out of the Car
  10. 3 Night Shift
  11. 4 Mayport, 1975
  12. 5 Crescent City
  13. 6 The Year of Dreaming
  14. 7 August on Morgan Street
  15. 8 The Other Campout
  16. 9 My Field of Dreams
  17. 10 Down in the Orange Grove
  18. 11 Role Model
  19. 12 The Fisherman
  20. 13 Blue Springs Christmas
  21. 14 Nothing I Could Do
  22. 15 Rambling Round
  23. 16 Cannonball Bowling and Gopher Tortoises
  24. 17 Amelia
  25. 18 Red Clay Road
  26. 19 Hydrangeas
  27. 20 Riding the Wave
  28. 21 Fortunate Son
  29. 22 Seaboard Coast Line
  30. 23 Little Yankee
  31. 24 When the King Came to Ocala
  32. 25 Miss Senior High Duval County
  33. 26 Splashdown
  34. 27 Runaways
  35. 28 Eighth Court Punks
  36. 29 The Only Israeli in Town
  37. 30 God Only Knows
  38. 31 Miss Olive
  39. 32 Giving Up the River
  40. 33 My Education
  41. 34 Twelve
  42. 35 Isis
  43. 36 Arsenal
  44. 37 Promise
  45. Credits and Acknowledgments