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Subject(s)

• Florida—Social life and customs—Fiction [Browse]

Related name

• McCarthy, Kevin (Kevin M.) [Browse]

Summary note

• Marjory Stoneman Douglas became the nation's best link to a remarkable era in Florida history.
• The themes of her stories in this new collection resonate with interest for readers today. Whether the subject is hurricanes, cockfighting, real estate deals, struggling immigrants, or corruption in the Everglades, Douglas wrote about it with distinction - and usually first. Originally published in the Saturday Evening Post during the 1920s and 1930s, the golden age of the short story, these nine works have never before been collected or available in one place.
• Kevin M. McCarthy offers an introduction to each story, explaining its significance, setting, unusual references, place in Douglas's works, and significance to the history of South Florida.

Contents

• At Home on the Marcel Waves
• Solid Mahogany
• Goodness Gracious, Agnes
• A River in Flood
• The Mayor of Flamingo
• Stepmother
• You Got to Go - But You Don't Have to Come Back
• High-goal Man
• Wind before Morning.

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ISBN

• 0813016223 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0813016231 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

98026234

OCLC

39340225

RCP

C - O

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