Weird & Wonderful Florida - Strange, True & Surprisingly Smart Stories About the Sunshine State Weird and Wonderful America, #2
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Sprache:Englisch
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Format
ePUB
Kopierschutz
Ja
Family Sharing
Ja
Text-to-Speech
Ja
Erscheinungsdatum
05.05.2026
Verlag
Herman Cooper BooksSeitenzahl
(Printausgabe)
Dateigröße
341 KB
Sprache
Englisch
EAN
9798235970304
Florida is not a normal state.
It has Spanish explorers, haunted dolls, mermaids in springs, Skunk Ape sightings, key lime pie arguments, manatees with legal protection, neon detectives, giant oranges, rocket launches, perfect football seasons, coral reefs, sinkholes, hurricanes, and headlines that sound like they escaped from a writer's room with no adult supervision.
Weird & Wonderful Florida is a fast, funny, fact-based ride through the Sunshine State written for curious readers who enjoy strange history, local legends, surprising places, unusual food, wild nature, pop culture, sports, disasters, comeback stories, and weird-but-true details.
Inside, you'll discover stories about Spanish Florida, Ponce de León, St. Augustine, the Fountain of Youth myth, the Skunk Ape, Key lime pie, Cuban sandwiches, stone crab, Ernest Hemingway in Key West, Zora Neale Hurston, Gloria Estefan, Tom Petty, Shaquille O'Neal, the Miami Dolphins, the Daytona 500, Weeki Wachee mermaids, Coral Castle, the Everglades, manatees, alligators, crocodiles, hurricanes, Miami Vice, The Golden Girls, Florida Man, and the symbols that make Florida instantly recognizable.
This is not a textbook.
It is not a travel guide.
It will not tell you which beach has the best parking, how to survive a theme-park line, or whether you should make eye contact with an alligator.
It is a bite-sized curiosity book filled with entertaining facts, strange stories, local culture, historical oddities, and Florida-sized personality.
Some entries are funny. Some are serious. Some are proudly weird. A few legends are included as legends, because Florida folklore deserves a seat at the table but it does not get to pretend it brought a government-issued ID.
Perfect for short breaks, long drives, waiting rooms, coffee tables, beach bags, road trips, Florida fans, curious adults, and anyone who likes learning strange true things without feeling trapped in a classroom.
The Sunshine State is bright, strange, historic, fragile, funny, beautiful, and occasionally impossible to explain.
In other words: perfect material.
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