Exploring Wild South Florida: A Guide to Finding the Natural Areas and Wildlife of the Southern Peninsula and the Florida Keys

Book Description

Pineapple Press is proud to present four comprehensive guidebooks to the wildlife refuges, state and national parks and forests, city and county parks, and preserves that abound across Florida. For vacationers, naturalists, hikers, campers, canoeists, bicyclists, or anyone interested in Florida's wild places, these books are indispensable as field guides and trip planners.

Each provides information on location, habitats, and wildlife, as well as recreational and nature study opportunities. Checklists of the common and scientific names for flora and fauna are included as well.

This updated third edition covers Broward, Hendry, Lee, and Palm Beach Counties as well as Miami-Dade, Collier, and Monroe counties.

Customer Reviews:

Excellent guide to the naturally wild side of Florida.......2002-11-11

As a person who has spent a good deal of time in many of the places listed in "Exploring Wild South Florida: A Guide to Finding the Natural Areas and Wildlife of the Southern Peninsula and the Florida Keys" I can say that it is a thorough, accurate, and informative guide to the South Florida area. This book is specifically made for the person who likes to explore areas that are still predominantly in their natural condition. If you are looking for a landscaped park to hike through then you will be disappointed. If you are looking for places where you are likely to see endangered species, the only air conditioning may be a breeze, and you may see very few people (if anyone) during your hike then this is the book you are looking for.

Some places are truly remote and you may be on your own finding your way around (like the Florida Everglades) and some are less remote and may even have boardwalks through the forest to make your trip easier. The book starts with an extensive overview of everything you need to know about southern Florida - weather, what to wear, animals and plants to be cautious of, information on the various park systems, and anything else that you might have a question about when planning a trip.

One of the nicer features of the book is a section on the various habitats that you are likely to encounter in south Florida. The author does an excellent job of explaining estuaries, coral reefs, cypress stands, mangroves, marshes, hammocks and other habitats. She covers what qualifies them as a specific habitat, what you should look for and expect in each of them and general educational information on each of them.

She then covers special wildlife and unwanted pests before moving into the Federal Lands part of the book that actually starts the information on each site. When she gets to the specific sites she provides all the information that you will need to plan a trip there. She covers the local habitats you might find, wildlife, facilities, and complete contact information (worth the price of the book by itself).

A highly recommended read for those who think camping equipment should not involve the word Winnebego.

Specialized, Specific, Useful, and Dry.......2001-06-10

My title sums the book up rather well. If you are going to South Florida with viewing nature and wildlife as one of your goals, you'll find the book extremely useful. If seeing the show at the Alligator Farm and the Seaquarium fills your need for nature, you probably won't need the book. Assuming you do use the book, you will appreciate the amount of detail it includes, though you'll probably wish for better maps and more illustrations! Despite this, highly recommended if you really want a book of this type.

Good content needs more pictures.......2001-02-27

Overall this book is quite good, I think it is geared more toward people living in Florida than people like me who are planning a trip. I wish it had more travel info and maps. I also wish it had more pictures than it does, so you could see the places it talks about which would help out a lot.

Usefull for planning a wildlife watching trip to S. Florida.......2000-05-19

We used this excellent book before and during our birdwatching trip to South Florida this spring. It was a useful complement to Bill Prantys 'A Birder's Guide to Florida'. In comparison to the latter book, you get more general information about the wildlife at different locationts and especially about facilities (e.g. bathrooms, food) at different wildlife refuges and parts of the Everglades National Park. In addition, there is a good introduction about different biotopes and 'special' animals and a stirring depiction of the passage of hurricane 'Andrew' over South Florida.

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Fodor's Short Escapes in France Short Escapes in France
25 Country Getaways for People who Love to Walk

Discover the Undiscovered
Follow in the footsteps of Julius Caeser and Claude Monet, Honoré de Balzac, Jean de Florette, and Peter Mayle.  Explore copses, caves, chateaus, vineyards, and tidal inlets. Discover sea views, harbors, parks, and charming medieval villages.

Escape for a Day or More
Every walk can be completed in a few hours.  Or you can linger for a few days in one of the recommended B&Bs or inns.

All the information you need
Walking directions and maps, nearby inns, pubs & restaurants, picnic spots, how to get there by public transportation

"How we decide whether a guide claiming to discover special places tourists never see really does is to ask: Has it found our own personal favorite spots?  In this case the answer is 'Yes'.  Curse those perceptive authors." -- New York Daily News

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Fun ideas for day trips from Paris.......1999-07-31

Thanks to this book, I had a wonderful experience at Auvers-sur-Oise ("cradle of impressionism"). It showed me where to go and how to get there. Unfortunately, the train trip took much longer than the 1 1/2 hours mentioned in the book. The connection at Pontoise alone was at least an 1 1/2 hour wait because of delays. Then a transfer on a bus was necessary. However, this was no fault of the authors and the book's walking tour was excellent. Great book if you want to explore!

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Great writing, crass marketing.

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Thirty years ago, James W. Hall wandered out of the Kentucky hills and into a world he'd never imagined: a place of crushed seashell footpaths, drunken golf cart parades, and untamed swamp-land sweltering under an endless sky. Welcome to Florida. In Hot Damn!, Hall chronicles the stunning natural beauty, unique institutions and habits, and bizarre subculture that make Florida such an exotic trip. Hot Damn! isn't just about Florida. Hall tackles sensitive issues, pertinent issues, and just plain weird issues. From the relationship between fathers and sons and the war in Vietnam to the miracles of the epidermis and the Hardy Boys, Hot Damn! illuminates the far-flung corners of one writer's imagination.

Customer Reviews:

Great writing, crass marketing........2005-11-17

My relatively low rating refers strictly to the marketing methods used to promote this book. The title and blurbs suggest this is a collection of wild tales from freaky Florida. They are actually touching and thoughtful, even poetic essays from someone who lives there, finds it beautiful and takes the bad with the good. Ironically, more than one of the essays pokes fun at publicists and marketing types.

Poet, Crime novelist and Essayest.......2003-07-19

This man can write. He can write fiction and he can write about Florida. These 39 essays are the superb refections of an interesting mind at work, at play and once, afraid for someone he loves. If you remember and liked John Kennedy's statement about how close the chemistry of our blood is to sea water then you will love Hall's "We swim in the amniotic fluids of our earth, as we swam so long ago like blind fish in the womb." (From Touchy Feely)
I like his crime novels. But if you like Florida, particularly the Florida Keys, or evocative writing, or walking with an exceptionlly observant mind through interesting times, then you will appreciate this book of essays.

Just a wonderful change of pace........2002-06-22

Mid-afternoon yesterday UPS brought me my latest Amazon order.
On top was Dr. Hall's "Hot Damn!"

I devoured it in two sessions.

These thirty-nine essays are insightful, poignant, thoughtful, humorous, heartfelt and a joy to read.

The compositions are such a delight that I will now go back and savor a couple of them daily. Each one is most relatable on a multitude of levels.

You do not have to be Floridian to enjoy these essays---but if you are, many strike a most responsive chord.

Seldom do I stray from the mystery/thriller genre, but like "Seabiscuit," "Hot Damn!" reads like a novel.

"The Hardy Boys" chapter alone is worth the price of admission.

This is exhilerating writing that makes you feel good. Do not miss it.

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