Roaring Reptiles, Bountiful Citrus, and Neon Pies
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Roaring Reptiles, Bountiful Citrus, and Neon Pies

An Unofficial Guide to Floridaā€™s Official Symbols

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Roaring Reptiles, Bountiful Citrus, and Neon Pies

An Unofficial Guide to Floridaā€™s Official Symbols

About this book

Florida Historical Society Charlton Tebeau Award With an eye for the illogical and a flair for the irreverent, journalist Mark Lane aims his sharp wit at one of the most intriguing duties of the Florida legislatureā€”signing state symbols into law. In Roaring Reptiles, Bountiful Citrus, and Neon Pies, he spotlights nineteen things that have been proposed and/or appointed to officially define Florida. Lane guides readers through the often-comic historical events that led to the selection of Florida's official fruit, tree, gem, bird, song, and other items ranging from the well known to the obscure, packing in personal stories and laugh-out-loud moments along the way. Did you know the state slogan was almost "the alligator state"? Or that a mailbox in the shape of the state marine mammal can tell you a lot about a person? Readers will also discover that the bill proposing the state soil caused a crisis in the Senate and that the state playā€”written in the peculiar genre of symphonic outdoor dramaā€”puts a heroic spin on the grisly European conquest of St. Augustine. "Full of the kind of unnecessary commentary that might cause trouble," as Lane describes it, this book is also written with affection toward the wide diversity of lives and experiences that make up the state he calls home. He shows that deciding the things that represent us at any given moment is far trickier than it appears. Especially in Florida, a state aptly symbolized by "a lot of contradictions baked into a Key lime pie."

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Information

Publisher
University Press of Florida
Year
2019
eBook ISBN
9780813065250
Edition
1
Subtopic
North American History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Helpful Letter to School Librarians
  7. Preface
  8. Key Lime Pie: Pie Wedge or Candy-Colored Wedge Issue?
  9. Slogan: Welcome to the Sunshineā€”Not the Alligatorā€”State
  10. Reptile: The Fiercest State Symbol in the Whole Swamp
  11. Fruit: The Whole Orange Gets Its Due
  12. Fossil: Pain in My Eocene Heart
  13. Marine Mammal: Welcome to the Land of the Manatee Mailboxes
  14. Soil: Myakka Fine Sand, and a Fine Sand It Is
  15. Florida Day: Ponce de Leon Schlepped Here!
  16. Holidays: Lost Holidays of the Lost Cause Linger
  17. State Day: Florida Statehood Day Oration
  18. Play: Men in Tights with Cross and Sword
  19. Song: Floridaā€™s Official Olā€™ Plantation Song
  20. Tree: In Praise of the State Treelike Plant
  21. Sport: The Official State Sport Stalled in the Pits
  22. Litter Control Symbol: The Short, Happy Life of Glenn Glitter
  23. Bird: The Mockingbird Will Not Be Mocked, Tree Huggers!
  24. Motto: In God We Trust (All Others Pay Cash)
  25. Seal: Not a Great Seal, but Not for Lack of Trying
  26. Gem: The Talisman of the Ancient Engineers
  27. Afterword
  28. Acknowledgments
  29. Notes
  30. Selected Bibliography