A collection of essays and stories by Jeff Klinkenberg on the "True Florida," the things that make Florida Florida.

"Many of the photographs in this book are reproduced by courtesy of the St. Petersburg Times, in which they first appeared."

An incomplete history of a Florida boyhood -- Snake -- Summer of 1965 -- Bunny Yeager -- Critters -- Alligators in b-flat -- Jarhead -- Sea turtles -- How to photograph a panther -- Save Florida, eat an iguana -- Floridians -- Thunderman -- Oil boy -- Tim Chapman -- Flip-flop man -- Huckleberry's raft -- The man who invented Florida -- Golf ball diver -- The dabbler -- Whitey Markle -- Woo -- The worm grunters -- Some places I like to go -- Mack's Fish Camp -- Hurricane graveyard -- Chiappini's -- Cane grinding -- Honey man -- Joannie's Blue Crab Cafe -- Gatorama -- Orange World -- Indian Pass Raw Bar -- Joan of Ravine Gardens -- African American Museum -- Quilt Museum -- University of Florida Special Collections -- Bradley's Country Store -- The Fort Gates ferry -- Fakahatchee Strand -- Southernmost point -- Gone -- The Gator Hook Lodge -- Wendy Johnson -- A golfer -- Baseball Betty -- Conrad Yankee -- Richard Coleman the Lionhearted -- Wes Skiles -- Bill Haast -- Elmo Boone -- Stetson Kennedy -- Moby Dick -- The last hamburger joint -- Special folks -- Rose man -- Boston Bill -- Airboat hero -- Gator trapper -- Scallop shucker -- Tommy Ward -- A gardener -- Bouzouki man -- The moss weaver -- Mother Hodges -- Chesty Morgan.