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Postcards from Paradise: Romancing Key West.

by Keith, June

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Key West, Florida: Palm Island Press, (1995). First Edition. Signed by the Author. Octavo, paperbound (slick, full-color illus., stiff white wrappers), 256 pp. Fine. From lower cover: In Key West, people from all walks of life and all corners of the world live, work, and play, side by side in a caste-free society. Broadway composers, best selling authors, and world renowned artists live on the same funky blocks as housekeepers, bartenders and tour guides. In Key West, an Italian heiress waits on tables. A guy with a Ph.D. washes dishes. An opera singer drives a cab. Everybody has a story. And sooner or later, every story connects to the next, and the next... Postcards from Paradise is a collection of columns and essays based on Key West living, and the spectacular variety of characters who call the tiny, artsy, anything-goes, sub-tropic island community of Key West, Florida, home.

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Detailing life in tiny, artsy, anything-goes Key West—where Broadway composers and bestselling authors live on the same funky blocks as housekeepers, bartenders, and tour guides—this updated collection of essays and columns about island life features pieces that first appeared in the Miami Herald. Profiles of colorful characters such as an Italian heiress who waits tables, a dishwasher with a PhD, and a taxi-driving opera singer provide a kaleidoscopic portrait of residents living, working, and playing in a caste-free, rowdy paradise.

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Bookseller
Lighthousebooks, ABAA US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
71513bd
Title
Postcards from Paradise: Romancing Key West.
Author
Keith, June
Book Condition
Used
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Palm Island Press, (1995). First Edition.
Place of Publication
Key West, Florida
Date Published
1995
Keywords
Florida, Floridiana, Florida Keys, Key West, Anthology, Americana, American Biography, Journalism.

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