Gary Ross Mormino

"Eminent historian Gary Mormino illuminates early twenty-first-century Florida and its connections to some of the most significant events in contemporary American history, taking stock of a tumultuous decade of change and explaining the state's social, cultural, and political intricacies"--

"The first comprehensive armchair guide to Florida's Big Bend Coast, one of America's longest and wildest continuous wetlands. Interweaving history, folkways, and observations from life in the great outdoors, Alderson tells tales of his travels by sea kayak along the Big Bend Saltwater Paddling Trail, which runs from the Aucilla River to the town of Suwannee."--Back cover.