The Tropic of Cracker

by Burt, Al, Jr.

• ISBN13: 9780813016955
• ISBN10: 0813016959
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-10-10
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Florida

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	ix
Foreword	xiii
Raymond Arsenault
Gary Mormino
Preface	xv
The Tropic of Cracker
A Celebration of Natural Florida	3	(24)
Finding a Way
One More Cattle Roundup	27	(6)
Tending to Pahokee	33	(3)
Mr. Rawlings Remembers Mrs. Baskin	36	(19)
The Ferryman	55	(3)
Florida's Soul River	58	(9)
The Bears and the Bees	67	(3)
Conch Minister of Music	70	(3)
The Father of Ruskin	73	(3)
Logarithms and a Kleagle	76	(3)
Bold, Brilliant, Tragic Zora	79	(8)
Bending and Winning	87	(5)
The Dean of Death Row	92	(9)
The Happy Cemetery	101	(3)
Professor Pork Chop	104	(3)
Cracker from Cincinnati	107	(9)
Cracker Brilliance	116	(23)
Hanging On
Catfisherman: A Breed Apart	139	(8)
An Old Crank	147	(3)
The Alligator Man's Last Stand	150	(5)
Leaving the Rock: A One-Way Trip	155	(3)
Farming: Not a Business but a Life	158	(3)
Hog-Killing for Fun and Savings	161	(17)
The Inn: The Passing of a Place	178	(3)
Horse Passion: Tenderness Plus a Whip	181	(3)
Apalachicola Feast: The Annual Festival	184	(3)
LeRoy Collins: A Gentleman's Campaign	187	(8)
Retirement: The End Game	195	(20)
The Next Florida
John DeGrove: From Mule to Megastate	215	(24)
Bibliography	239