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Title: The Conch That Roared by Gregory King, Gregory W. King ISBN: 0-9656932-6-0 Publisher: Weston & Wright Publishing Pub. Date: 15 March, 1997 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: ...It Roared While Drinking Cuba Libre!
Comment: The Conch That Roared is a must-read book if you're traveling to the Florida Keys or are just an armchair reader! Why? This is the only book available which gives the visitor/reader a taste of the real flavor of Key West...and I'm not talking just key lime pie and conch fritters (both recipes and more are included in the back of the book).
Author Gregory King must have visited every bar up and down the the scenic area... from Key West, past Key Largo and to the Last Chance Saloon as well as the politico's to write with such flair and flavor. He captured the essence...the soul and spirits of those citizens who declared war on the United States.
This is a great gift to give to someone visiting the Key West. Include a bottle of Cuban rum (which presently is illegal), two cheap glasses, and Coke, as well as Nellie & Joe's Famous Key West Lime Juice. 1/2 pund of minced conch, or an equal amount of clams. This will make a great going-away gift as well as provide ingredients for wonderful Key West entertaining when your friends return.
Put on your favorite Jimmy Buffett album and read the book.The characters in King's book are delightful and colorful enough to make a movie. King did a wonderful writing job of introducing them all to the rest of us! Thanks for taking a bit of history and bringing it to life for the rest of us conch-heads!
Rating: 5
Summary: Florida is no longer predictable, thank you!
Comment: I was getting so tired of stories on Miami. I had almost decided that Florida was now permanently off my personal "place to visit" list. That was before this delightful story, TRUE story, THE CONCH THAT ROARED arrived at my place. The well researched (and well illustrated) book took me on a magical if not bizarre journey to the end of Highway 1 in an explanation of how Key West became the Conch Republic and proceeded to seceed from the Union. Obviously author Gregory King is not only well verse with the place but also a most erudite interpretor of its story. He has made me want to drive (at least once) to Key West and experience what makes these folks so special. A word of warning though: you might have to use the recipe in the back of the book for Key Lime Pie to munch while reading this story. Or maybe drinking the Cuba Libre would be more appropriate?
Rating: 5
Summary: A roaring good read
Comment: Key West secedes from the Union, declares its independence -- and it's not fiction, it's history. King captures the quirky heart and spirit of Key West and reports from the insider's view the events that led to revolution. I was in Key West to celebrate the secession anniversary a few years ago. This book brings the story to life with a lot grins along the way. It is fun to learn the strategic thinking and ingenuity that went into the battle with the US government -- a credit to Key West islanders and a tribute to the American way! Pick it up, put on Jimmy Buffet and enjoy the ride.
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Title: Key West: History of an Island of Dreams by Maureen Ogle ISBN: 0813026156 Publisher: University Press of Florida Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Key West Collection by Dorothy Raymer, Tom Corcoran ISBN: 0964173549 Pub. Date: 18 May, 1999 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Confessions of a Key West Cabby by Michael Suib, Nancy Butler-Ross ISBN: 0967370442 Publisher: SeaStory Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Key West Reader: The Best of the Key Wests Writers 1830-1990 by George Murphy, Thomas McGuane, Ernest Hemingway, Caputo ISBN: 0962418412 Publisher: Tortugas Pr Pub. Date: March, 1990 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Octopus Alibi: An Alex Rutledge Mystery by Tom Corcoran ISBN: 0312291272 Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur Pub. Date: 05 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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