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Date: 2023-12-04
As many of you know, most of my diaries here are draft chapters for a number of books that I work on. A number of these are out and available, so let me take the opportunity to make a shameless plug for them. All of them are available through Amazon for Kindle or paperback. They make great Christmas gifts. And I need the gas money. :)
Florida's Invaders: How Introduced Invasive and Non-Native Species are Changing the Ecology and Environment of the Sunshine State
Around the globe, invasive plants and animals have become a serious threat. Some 40% of all endangered species worldwide have been caused by the presence of exotic invasives, and introduced species are now the second-leading cause of extinctions, behind only habitat loss. In the United States, Florida's unique climate and its position as a center of the exotic-animal trade has made it particularly vulnerable to invasives. This book is an account of Florida's invaders, from the Burmese Python to the Lionfish to the Kudzu plant and many more, which are threatening the very ecology of the Sunshine State. Illustrated.
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The Civil War Tourist: Visiting Civil War Battlefields and Historical Sites
The Civil War could truly be thought of as the single defining event in American history. The War’s social and political effects are still with us today. But sadly, our Civil War history is slowly disappearing. Suburban sprawl has destroyed many historic sites, and many significant battlefields are now lost under a layer of shopping malls and residential neighborhoods. On the surface, this book is a history travelogue. It includes famous battlefields such as Gettysburg and Antietam that are run by the National Park Service, and smaller unknown or forgotten places such as Westport and Olustee that are preserved as state or county historical parks, or which are not preserved at all but have miraculously managed to survive for a century and a half. But this is also a journey into America, into the history and culture which, for better or worse, have made us what we are today as a nation. The ghosts of the Civil War have never left us. Illustrated.
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The Revolutionary War Tourist: Visiting the Battlefields and Historic Sites of the American Revolution
The colonial revolution of 1775 to 1783 has over the centuries become the subject of mythologizing by Americans. As our national origin story, this legend has grown to encompass a political and social outlook that still influences us today. So this book is part travelogue, describing the history and sights in battlefield parks like Saratoga, Bunker Hill, Valley Forge, Lexington and Concord--places that are still an important part of our national mythology. But it is also a historical study, presenting the history of the American Revolution as it actually was, peeling away the legend and looking at the reality. Because that reality, too, is an important part of our national character today, and remains an essential ingredient in who we Americans are as a nation. Illustrated.
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Icons of Aviation History 1900-1945: Significant and Historic Aircraft And the Stories Behind Them
Stories from some of the most important aircraft in aviation history, from the first flights to the end of the Second World War. Details from their development, achievements, and surviving examples. Seventy-five aircraft, including the Montgolfier Balloons, the Wright Flyer, the Fokker Dr1 triplane, the Sopwith Camel, the Spirit of St Louis, the Ford Tri-Motor, the Douglas DC-3, the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, the Junkers Ju-87 Stuka, the Supermarine Spitfire, the Mitsubishi Zero, the F4U Corsair, the F6F Hellcat, the Avro Lancaster, the B-29 Superfortress, and many more. Illustrated.
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The Nuclear Tourist: Visiting Historical Sites and Weapons from the Cold War
For over four decades, the United States and the Soviet Union faced each other in a Cold War that threatened the entire world with nuclear annihilation. Today, the relics of that immense conflict still exist. Some of them are now forgotten ruins. Some of them are now in museums. Over the years, Lenny Flank has visited most of the available sites which commemorate America's Cold War nuclear history. This book is a chronicle of some of these nuclear displays and exhibits, and the history behind them. It is a cross-country tour that ranges from Florida to Washington, with stops in Arizona, New Mexico, Alabama, Ohio, Louisiana, Nevada, Mississippi, Tennessee, South Dakota, Connecticut, Kentucky, West Virginia, Georgia, South Carolina, and Illinois, and covers the decades from the 1940s to the 1990s. Here, at sites that were once some of the most super-secret places on the planet, tourists can now wander around with cameras and cellphones, taking snapshots for social media of weapons and equipment that were once capable of ending all of human civilization in the space of a single afternoon. This is their story. Illustrated.
www.amazon.com/…
The Electronic Nomad 2: Further Adventures Traveling the Country in a Converted Camper Van
In May 2015, Lenny Flank locked the door of his St Petersburg FL apartment for the last time, climbed into his 2011 GMC Savana cargo van that had been fitted out with a homemade bed, sink, stove, and a solar panel for electricity, and set out to travel the country and live on the road. In the next seven years, he made his way from coast to coast, north in the summer and south in the winter. He visited over 100 cities in almost every state, logging enough miles to have traveled completely around the planet, several times. In 2017 he wrote a book about his travels, titled "The Electronic Nomad", which was part travelogue, documenting some of the interesting places he had seen and people he had met, and part guide, describing the basic equipment and methods that he used to live and work fulltime in the van while roaming about the country. This book, "The Electronic Nomad 2", is a continuation of those adventures. Illustrated.
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