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  • Salvaging the Real Florida

  • Lost and Found in the State of Dreams
  • By: Bill Belleville
  • Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach
  • Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
  • 3.5 out of 5 stars (2 ratings)

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Salvaging the Real Florida

By: Bill Belleville
Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach
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Summary

Bill Belleville's enchanting Salvaging the Real Florida invites listeners to rediscover treasures hidden in plain sight. Join Belleville as he paddles a glowing lagoon, slogs through a swamp, explores a spring cave, dives a "literary" shipwreck, and pays a visit to the colorful historic district of an old riverboat town. Journey with him in search of the apple snail, the black bear, a rare cave-dwelling shrimp, and more. Everywhere he goes, Belleville finds beauty, intrigue, and, more often than not, a legacy in peril.

Following in the tradition of John Muir, William Bartram, and Henry David Thoreau, Belleville forges intimate connections with his surroundings. Like the works of Marjory Stoneman Douglas and Archie Carr, his evocative stories carry an urgent and important call to preserve what is left of the natural world.

The is published by University Press of Florida.

©2011 Bill Belleville (P)2013 Redwood Audiobooks
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  • Categories: History
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Critic reviews

"Bill Belleville writes gorgeously and straight from the heart." (Carl Hiaasen)
“Belleville is our William Bartram, the poet of Florida's fragile beauty, a passionate, intelligent chronicler of our disappearing wonders." (Diane Roberts, author of Dream State)

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