Nine Florida Stories
Nine Florida Stories by Marjory Stoneman Douglas is a collection of tales that vividly portray the complexities of South Florida life, featuring characters such as real estate dealers, egret poachers, and mango growers. Published by the University of North Florida Press in 1990, this first edition spans 198 pages and is presented in English. The stories, originally printed in The Saturday Evening Post during the 1920s, ’30s, and ’40s, offer a nostalgic glimpse into a South Florida that has largely faded from memory.
Readers will find that the nine stories reflect Douglas’s enduring concerns about the beauty of Florida and the threats posed by development and environmental degradation. Set against various South Florida backdrops, including Miami and the Everglades, the narratives explore themes of nature, history, and human conflict, revealing the drama of hurricanes, kidnappers, and smugglers. Editor Kevin McCarthy provides insights that connect each story to Douglas’s life, highlighting the autobiographical elements woven throughout her fiction.
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“A collection of tales boiling with real estate dealers, egret poachers, rumrunners, mango growers, sportsmen, land grubbers, murderers, and mosquitoes. First printed in The Saturday Evening Post during the 1920s, ’30s, and ’40s, these stories constitute a rip-snorting glimpse back to a South Florida that now exists only in memory.”–Miami Herald
“Reflects the same concerns found in her better-known non-fiction work–a fascination with the beauty of Florida and a warning against its imminent destruction.”–Tallahassee Democrat
The subjects that would fire Marjory Stoneman Douglas’s enthusiasm for the rest of her life first appeared in her short fiction published in the 1920s. Florida’s most celebrated environmentalist, the author of The Everglades: River of Grass, wrote even then about protecting South Florida’s fragile ecosystem and the state’s endangered species, about the dangers of short-sighted land development, and about Florida history.
The nine stories in this first collection take place in a scattering of South Florida settings–Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, the Tamiami Trail, the Keys, the Everglades–and reveal the drama of hurricanes and plane crashes, of kidnappers, escaped convicts, and smugglers.
Editor Kevin McCarthy relates each story to Douglas’s life and points out the autobiographical touches which surface frequently in her stories.
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