It Happened in the Florida Keys

Salvage of a sunken slave ship, devastating hurricanes and the odd doings of locals such as Jimmy Buffett and Hemingway's cats.

A University of Wisconsin graduate, Victoria Shearer wore several professional hats—elementary school teacher, advertising agency account executive, and magazine copy editor—before combining her passion for travel with her love of writing. A member of the Society of American Travel Writers, she now writes feature articles for newspapers and magazines across the country.

Map	p. iv
Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. ix
Hard Aground-1822	p. 1
Double Cross-1827	p. 6
Massacre on Indian Key-1840	p. 12
The Key West Hooker Chronicles-1848	p. 17
Muddied Waters-1865	p. 23
Up in Smoke-1886	p. 29
Bradley's Bird Battle-1905	p. 35
First Train to Paradise-1912	p. 41
Mosquitoes 1, Bats 0-1929	p. 46
Blind Pigs and Bootleg-1933	p. 50
Mother Nature's Fury-1935	p. 55
Against All Protocol-1943	p. 60
Island at War-1962	p. 66
Flotilla to Freedom-1980	p. 72
If at First You Don't Secede ... -1982	p. 78
Finders, Keepers-1985	p. 84
The Prez and Grey's Ghosts-1989	p. 90
Drowning the African Queen-1992	p. 94
A Tale of True Lies-1993	p. 99
On Her Side-2002	p. 104
Ruffled Feathers-2004	p. 108
Marooned in Marathon-2005	p. 112
Resources	p. 118
Index	p. 143
About the Author	p. 150
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