A Ghostly Store, Point of Interest

It's April 1942 and St. Augustine glistens in the warm Florida sun. For the residents of America's oldest city, the ravages of a world war seem far away. Comfortable in their tidy, historic community, increasing tourism seems more important than fighting fascism. But for the town's black residents, the war has brought their situation into sharp contrast – especially when it comes to UNCLE SAM's – a place where flag-waving patriotism, big band music and cold beer are blended nightly to conceal a horrible secret!

True (and tongue-in-cheek) accounts of alligators and the people who have hunted them, been attacked by them, and tried to save them from extinction-- Journey through the Everglades with 1800s' seminoles, experts at stalking and killing gators-- Go along with a Northern girl as she shoots my first alligator in my gloves and veil-- Learn how modern alligator hunters goabout their business, which hasn't changed much in the last hundred years or so-- If you like tall tales, you'll love Henry, the alligator-turned-head-waiter, or Algy, the gator who survives a broiling in a furnace

Stories of thirty of the most interesting of the thousands of Florida shipwrecks. Each shipwreck story has a map pinpointing its location and a full-color painting by renowned artist William Trotter.