Al Burt`s Florida

As a roving reporter for The Miami Herald from 1973 to 1995, Al Burt traveled all of Florida studying it with the insight of a native and the detached eye of the foreign correspondent he had been. During those years, he observed connections with the state`s past and speculated about its future and, while he was at it, took note of the human frailties and heroisms he witnessed every day. Al Burt`s Florida is like a family portrait, a loving but not uncritical view of a complex and fascinating state. Burt`s portrait combines vignettes of notable Floridians - some famous, like Ed Ball, but most better known locally - with those of the state`s many special places: Okeechobee in the teens and twenties, Miami Beach in the fifties (when dinner in Havana was only a $26 plane ride away), Wakulla Springs when it served as Johnny Weismuller`s Tarzan movie set, modern-day Tallahassee with its formality and grace. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.