Backroads of Paradise

A Journey to Rediscover Old Florida

Cathy Salustri (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

240 Seiten

2016
University Press of Florida (Verlag)
978-0-8130-6296-9 (ISBN)

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In the 1930s, the Federal Writers’ Project paid Stetson Kennedy and Zora Neale Hurston, along with other lesser-known writers, to create driving tours of Florida. The FWP and the State of Florida jointly published the results as Florida: A Guide to the Southernmost State. In Backroads of Paradise, Cathy Salustri retraces the routes these writers traveled, bringing a modern eye to the historic tours. She guides readers through forgotten and unknown corners of the state as well as some more familiar haunts. These journeys are interlaced with nuggets of history, environmental debates about Florida’s future, and a narrative that combines humor with a strong affection for an oft-maligned state. Today, Salustri urges, tourists need a new nudge—to get off the interstates or away from Disney in order to discover the real Florida. Her travel narrative, following what are now backroads and scenic routes, guides armchair travelers and road warriors alike to historic sites, natural wonders, and notable man-made attractions—comparing the past views with the present landscape and commenting on greater or lesser changes along the way.

Cathy Salustri is the arts and entertainment editor at Creative Loafing.

Erscheinungsdatum	05.10.2016
Zusatzinfo	22 maps
Verlagsort	Florida
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Nord- / Mittelamerika
	Reiseführer ► Nord- / Mittelamerika ► USA
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
ISBN-10	0-8130-6296-9 / 0813062969
ISBN-13	978-0-8130-6296-9 / 9780813062969
Zustand	Neuware