Friends of Virginia Key can get into the conversation about Florida’s wild landscapes at the Miami Book Fair this weekend which features authors discussing books on everything from kayaking across Florida to manatees to an updated handbook on the Everglades.
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Here’s a session I call “Environment 101.” The authors will speak about their books Sunday, Nov. 21, 12 p.m., Room 7128 (Building 7, 1st Floor) at Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus in downtown Miami.
Warren Richey -- Without a Paddle: Racing Twelve Hundred Miles Around Florida by Sea Kayak (St. Martin’s Press) is a poignant memoir about Richey’s solitary trip that includes a passage through Biscayne Bay.
Doug Alderson -- Encounters with Florida's Endangered Wildlife (University Press of Florida) combines natural history with adventure tales while reporting on the fragile environments Florida's indigenous creatures inhabit.
Tom Lodge -- The Everglades Handbook: Understanding the Ecosystem (CRC Press) explores how the Everglades evolved as an ecosystem and how it has been shaped by natural and man-made forces; features a new chapter on Biscayne Bay.
Craig Pittman -- Manatee Insanity: Inside the War Over Florida's Most Famous Endangered Species (University Press of Florida) provides a history of manatee protection in Florida, including a cast of characters only Florida could produce. Pittman is also the author of Paving Paradise: Florida’s Vanishing Wetlands and the Failure of No Net Loss.
The Miami Book Fair "Festival of Authors" featuring readings and workshops takes place at the Miami-Dade College Wolfson Campus in downtown Miami Fri., Nov. 19 - Sun., Nov. 21. For more information on all books, fees and directions during the weekend readings, go to miamibookfair.com
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