The Thing about Florida: Exploring a Misunderstood State - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of FloridaISBN-13:9780813066875ISBN-10:813066875UPC:9780813066875Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, History, HumorBook Subcategory:Memoirs, United States, TopicBook Topic:State & Local, Regional & CulturalSize:9.25 x 6.25 x 0.75 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SCV5VX65VS
The Thing about Florida: Exploring a Misunderstood State
A journey beyond fears and stereotypes
The memes. "Because Florida" jokes. "Florida Man" stories. Tyler Gillespie was once embarrassed to call Florida home, concocting fantasies he'd been born somewhere else. In The Thing about Florida, Gillespie faces his Florida denial and takes readers on an exuberant search for the state behind the caricatures, cutting through the media storm with curiosity...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of FloridaISBN-13:9780813066875ISBN-10:813066875UPC:9780813066875Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, History, HumorBook Subcategory:Memoirs, United States, TopicBook Topic:State & Local, Regional & CulturalSize:9.25 x 6.25 x 0.75 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SCV5VX65VS
Gillespie, Tyler: - Tyler Gillespie, a fifth-generation Floridian, is a poet and award-winning journalist. He has written for GQ, the Guardian, the Nation, VICE, and Salon. He is the author of Florida Man: Poems and coeditor of The Awkward Phase: The Uplifting Tales of Those Weird Kids You Went to School With.
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