Key West on the Edge: Inventing the Conch Republic (The Florida History and Culture Series)
Language: English
Published by University Press of Florida, 2012
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- Hardcover
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complete number line - 1st printing therefore 1st edition, Signed by the Author on the full title page, very light dusting/soiling to edges of text block - some light bumping along bottom edges of boards - spine is tilted, dj now enclosed in mylar wrap shows edge wear with light creasing across top edge of rear flap - "Autographed Copy" sticker to lower right of front panel, remove if desired - no tears, chips and original price intact, illustrated with black & white photographs and a map of Key West.
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- Title
- Key West on the Edge: Inventing the Conch Republic (The Florida History and Culture Series)
- Author
- Kerstein, Robert
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Publication year
- 2012
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0813038057
- ISBN 13
- 9780813038056
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Series
- Book 41 of 49: Florida History and Culture
How the unique island city came to be a major tourist destination
Florida Historical Society Charlton Tebeau Book Award
Key West lies at the southernmost point of the continental United States, ninety miles from Cuba, at Mile Marker 0 on famed U.S. Highway 1. Famous for six-toed cats in the Hemingway House, Sloppy Joe’s and Captain Tony’s, Jimmy Buffett songs, body paint parade “costumes,” and a brief secession from the Union after which the Conch Republic asked for $1 billion in foreign aid, Key West also lies at the metaphorical edge of our sensibilities.
How this unlikely city came to be a tourist mecca is the subject of Robert Kerstein’s intrepid new history. Sited on an island only four miles long and two miles wide, Key West has been fishing village, salvage yard, U.S. Navy base, cigar factory, hippie haven, gay enclave, cruise ship port-of-call, and more. Duval Street, which stretches the length of one of the most unusual cities in America, is today lined with brand-name shops that can be found in any major shopping mall in America.
Leaving no stone unturned, Kerstein reveals how Key West has changed dramatically over the years while holding on to the uniqueness that continues to attract tourists and new residents to the island.
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