tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post5183534224478150475..comments2024-03-29T07:54:19.736-07:00Comments on Books in Northport: Off the Main RoadP. J. Grathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-26102765399626007442010-01-25T09:29:38.904-08:002010-01-25T09:29:38.904-08:00Karen, I read KILLING MISTER WATSON several years ...Karen, I read KILLING MISTER WATSON several years ago before my first trip to Florida since I was a teen. It was particularly fascinating because that trip our destination was Everglades City, and we visited Chokoloskee Island (sp?), where the store is where Mr. Watson was killed! I can't say I was sorry to see the end of him in the book. <br /><br />Gerry, have I mentioned that Weeki Wachee Springs is now a Florida State Park? There never was a real town there, though it appears on the map as if there is one. Somehow turning a town into a theme park doesn't do it for me. How would it be "preserved" if its character were to be so completely changed by being frozen? Besides, the real characters aren't necessarily what park visitors would be looking to see. I'm just going to cross my fingers for Aripeka and Northport and hope they survive with their souls intact.P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-51272064066279111312010-01-24T08:42:02.305-08:002010-01-24T08:42:02.305-08:00I read about the controversy with interest. Somet...I read about the controversy with interest. Sometimes I think tiny little communities with character should simply incorporate themselves as museums and charge admission to visitors who want to see what life in a particular place was like before it became homogenized . . . <br /><br />It would be a shame if all of Old Florida disappeared, just as it would if all of Up North vanished.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-20578099467299770342010-01-23T07:44:58.551-08:002010-01-23T07:44:58.551-08:00Have you read Killing Mister Watson by Peter Matth...Have you read Killing Mister Watson by Peter Matthiessen? Your description of the sawgrass & mangrove coast reminded me of that book, which was a fascinating tale of early Florida and its cast of characters.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02038437615680439554noreply@blogger.com