Florida!: A Hyper-local Guide to the Flora, Fauna, and Fantasy of the Most Far-out State in America
- Publisher
- A24
- Year
- 2022
- ISBN
- 978-1-7359117-8-6
- Specifications
- Puff cover with embossed detailing
Edited by Gabrielle Calise
Introduction by Tyler Gillespie
Illustrations by Gabriel Alcala
Design by Studio Elana Schlenker
16.5 x 21.6 cm
576 pages
August 2022
A 576-page hyper-local guide to the Sunshine State, organised in seven regional chapters holding hundreds of Florida's secrets. It covers the destination beaches of the Redneck Riviera, the largest nudist colony in the country in Pasco County, and the coleslaw wrestling arenas of the Space Coast, with how-to instructions on everything from chucking dead fish at the Floribama mullet toss to becoming a professional mermaid at Weeki Wachee Springs State Park. Includes excerpted essays and poems, contemporary and archival Floridian photography, illustrated gatefold maps and recipes. Edited by Gabrielle Calise, culture and nostalgia reporter at the Tampa Bay Times; introduction by Tyler Gillespie; illustrations by Gabriel Alcala; design by Studio Elana Schlenker. First volume in A24's series of hyper-local US state guides, followed by Texas! (2025).