East Baton Rouge Parish Library

Alligators in b-flat, improbable tales from the files of real Florida, Jeff Klinkenberg ; foreword by Raymond Arsenault and Gary R. Mormino

eng

contains biographical information

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

musicillustrations

no index present

non fiction

Alligators in b-flat

806013194

Jeff Klinkenberg ; foreword by Raymond Arsenault and Gary R. Mormino

Florida history and culture

improbable tales from the files of real Florida

A collection of essays and stories by Jeff Klinkenberg on the "True Florida," the things that make Florida Florida

An incomplete history of a Florida boyhood -- Snake -- Summer of 1965 -- Bunny Yeager -- Critters -- Alligators in b-flat -- Jarhead -- Sea turtles -- How to photograph a panther -- Save Florida, eat an iguana -- Floridians -- Thunderman -- Oil boy -- Tim Chapman -- Flip-flop man -- Huckleberry's raft -- The man who invented Florida -- Golf ball diver -- The dabbler -- Whitey Markle -- Woo -- The worm grunters -- Some places I like to go -- Mack's Fish Camp -- Hurricane graveyard -- Chiappini's -- Cane grinding -- Honey man -- Joannie's Blue Crab Cafe -- Gatorama -- Orange World -- Indian Pass Raw Bar -- Joan of Ravine Gardens -- African American Museum -- Quilt Museum -- University of Florida Special Collections -- Bradley's Country Store -- The Fort Gates ferry -- Fakahatchee Strand -- Southernmost point -- Gone -- The Gator Hook Lodge -- Wendy Johnson -- A golfer -- Baseball Betty -- Conrad Yankee -- Richard Coleman the Lionhearted -- Wes Skiles -- Bill Haast -- Elmo Boone -- Stetson Kennedy -- Moby Dick -- The last hamburger joint -- Special folks -- Rose man -- Boston Bill -- Airboat hero -- Gator trapper -- Scallop shucker -- Tommy Ward -- A gardener -- Bouzouki man -- The moss weaver -- Mother Hodges -- Chesty Morgan