Would like to have a report on a newish book by Florida writer Doug Alderson about ghost tales. I think it's Ghost Stories of Florida.
Based on what I know about his writing (he's former editor of the state's wildlife magazine) I'll wager it's a great spinetingler.
~ updates, wk of Nov. 12
we stopped in at Camp Sumpter/Andersonville National Monument on the way home from Atlanta this past weekend. Makes me want to re-read Mackinlay Kantor's "Andersonville."
Like many authors, he gravitated to Florida, bought a house at artistic Siesta Key.
~ updates, week of October 29
thanks much to KidLitEd for the Morley titles recommended in the Notes, Parnassus on Wheels & The Haunted Bookshop
building a group, florida in fiction
books will be on shelf when how to do this
becomes less a mystery to me~
building my shelf of mainly books about books.
if you can recommend titles that'd be wonderful.~
previous postings ~
~ a new member here, & i tend to read not only books, but also bulletin boards, magazines, newspapers, scandal sheets at the check-out line, newsletters, nutrition labels, writing in the sand ~
~am interested in many book areas but especially books in these topics
~human rights
~books about books & writing
~elegance with natural design
~fabulous children's picture books
~heritage travel
~ biography
a favorite modern biography to recommend is
maxwell perkins: editor of genius, by scott berg
perkins dedicated his days & nights to editing the work of wolfe, hemingway, rawlings, & many others
~will publish my next book, 13 true tales of real animals, for children, titled FLORIDA's FAMOUS ANIMALS, from The Globe Pequot Press, in 2008~
~ my spouse publishes in academic journals & reads in the classics & history ~
~ note to new members here by my automated invite ~ my apologies for imprecise keyboarding. at signup i mistakenly sent invitations to EVERYONE in the email address book. so sorry!!! but maybe the site will work for you, anyway ~
~with our thanks to shelfari for creating this community
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