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Alden, Peter, ed. The Natural Audubon Society Field Guide to Florida. Random House, 1998. Compact, well-illustrated guide to the state's flora and fauna.

Costabel, Eva Deutsch. The Early People of Florida. Atheneum, 1993. A short history for younger readers.

Didion, Joan. Miami. Simon & Schuster, Reprint, Vintage, 1987. 1998. Description of the city and the impact of its Cuban community.

Douglas, Marjory Stoneman. The Everglades: River of Grass. Rinehart, Pineapple, 1947. 1997. Classic study.

Downs, Dorothy. Art of the Florida Seminole and Miccosukee Indians. University Press of Florida, 1995. Dress, bead art, wood carvings, silver, and basketry, with illustrations.

Gannon, Michael. Florida: A Short History. University Press of Florida, 1993. A compact introduction to the state.

Garcia, Maria Cristina. Havana USA: Cuban Exiles and Cuban Americans in South Florida, 1959-1994. University of California Press, 1996. A social history of the Cuban community in south Florida.

Larson, Ron. Swamp Song: A Natural History of Florida's Swamps. University Press of Florida, 1995. Nontechnical introduction to the Florida swamps, their plants, and their animals.

Lourie, Peter. Everglades: Buffalo Tiger and the River of Grass. Boyds Mills, 1994. A short social and natural history, for younger readers.

McCally, David; Gary R. Mormino; and Raymond Arsenault. The Everglades: An Environmental History. University Press of Florida, 1999. An engaging, readable account of the Everglades.

Miami

Armbruster, Ann. The Life and Times of Miami Beach. Knopf, 1995. History of the city from swamp to the 1990s.

Biondi, Joann, and Tony Arruza. Miami: A Citylife Pictorial Guide. Voyager, 2000. Concise introduction to the city's people, history, and culture.

Capitman, Barbara Baer. Deco Delights: Preserving the Beauty and Joy of Miami Beach Architecture. Dutton, 1988. Illustrated survey of Art Deco buildings in Miami Beach by the woman who revived the Art Deco district.

Didion, Joan. Miami. Simon & Schuster, Reprint, Vintage, 1987. 1998. Description of the city illuminating the impact of its Cuban community.

Muir, Helen. Miami, U.S.A. University Press of Florida, 2000. History of Miami from settlement up to the 1990s.

Rieff, David. The Exile: Cuba in the Heart of Miami. Simon & Schuster, 1993. Profiles of Cuban exiles in Miami.

Rieff, David. Going to Miami: Exiles, Tourist and Refugees in the New America. Little, Brown, Reprint, University Press of Florida, 1987. 2000. A journalist's impressions of the city.

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