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Florida Keys, including: Islamorada, Florida, Big Pine Key, Florida, Key Largo, Florida, Layton, Florida, Key West, Key Largo, Duck Key, Virginia Key, ... Overseas Highway, Key Deer, Little Torch KeyHephaestus Books represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Hephaestus Books continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge. This particular book is a collaboration focused on Florida Keys.More info: The Florida Keys are a chain-like cluster of about 1700 islands in the southeast United States. They begin at the southeastern tip of the Florida peninsula, about south of Miami, and extend in a gentle arc south-southwest and then westward to Key West, the westernmost of the inhabited islands, and on to the uninhabited Dry Tortugas. The islands lie along the Florida Straits, dividing the Atlantic Ocean to the east from the Gulf of Mexico to the west, and defining one edge of Florida Bay. At the nearest point, the southern tip of Key West is just from Cuba. The Florida Keys are between about 23.5 and 25.5 degrees North latitude, in the subtropics. The climate of the Keys however, is defined as tropical according to Köppen climate classification. More than 95 percent of the land area lies in Monroe County, but a small portion extends northeast into Miami-Dade County, primarily in the city of Islandia, Florida. The total land area is . As of the 2000 census the population was 79,535, with an average density of , although much of the population is concentrated in a few areas of much higher density, such as the city of Key West, which has 32% of the entire population of the Keys.
Key West Short Stories - Part 1Written by local Key West writer Island Joe. These three short stories are based upon true stories. This book contains the short stories - Plane Crash in Key West, Her Last Seven Days in Key West and My Key West Hurricanes. Books set in Key West.Plane Crash in Key West - Writing and reading this short story still gives me goose bumps. Based upon a true story in Key West, I cannot say enough times, how lucky my family was on the tragic day this happened.
I’ve never been one to wish anyone bad luck, just so I could benefit.
To this day and the plane crash happened years ago, when I drive by where the plane went down, I am overwhelmed with grief for the family and especially the lone survivor. It truly breaks my heart.
For me the lesson learned from this story is life is very fragile. It teaches you lessons whether you live or die. Some lessons are just harder to learn than others.
Her Last Seven Days in Key West - I mainly wrote this short story for my children. They were young when we lost their mom and my wife of twenty-six years. I just want them to know a little more about her. I especially want them to know just how strong and unselfish she was in life and how strong she remained even as death knocked at our door. Then, I let some friends read this story and they really pushed me to share it.
So if you ask me what this story about, I will tell you –
This short story is based upon a true story. Everyone dies in life, but sometimes it matters how you die. Some die in fear, others face the inevitable and accept their sealed fate. Ruth knew her time had come for her to leave this world. But even as death was knocking at her door, she remained strong, and always put her family first. This is a story based upon her last days on earth, how she chose to die and how she lived.
My Key West Hurricanes - Here Island Joe makes fun of himself for some of the dumb things he has done during Key West hurricanes. A funny fast read.
Murder in Key West - A Mick Murphy Key West short story (Mick Murphy Key West Mystery)Short story.Old treasure hunters are being murdered in Key West, Florida, and journalist Liam 'Mick' Murphy discovers the first body and then the second. It has the authorities wondering about his connection. To clear himself, he has to find the murderer. This story first appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine in 2007 and is the 2nd story in the popular Mick Murphy Key West Mystery series that includes novels as well as short stories.
Delaplaine's 2012 Guide to Key West & the Florida KeysComprehensive guide to Key West and the Florida Keys, with sections on lodging, restaurants, attractions (including water sports), nightlife and shopping (such as it is) for Upper Keys, Middle Keys, Lower Keys and Key West.
