Sit down for a spell with the bevy of famed writers who've found
inspiration in the Florida sun.
From the Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca to James Patterson, writers
have found inspiration in the Florida sunshine. Ernest Hemingway met his
future wife at Sloppy Joe's in Key West. John Kennedy recovered from
back surgery in Palm Beach while working on his Pulitzer Prize winning
book. James Weldon Johnson wrote what became The Negro National Anthem
at the Stanton School in Jacksonville. And Edna St. Vincent Millay
watched in shock as her manuscript went up in flames in Sanibel. Florida
historian James Clark tells the stories of scores of writers including
Robert Frost, Jack Kerouac, John D. MacDonald, and Stephen King. Hunter
Thompson driving through the streets of Key West using a bullhorn to
warn the citizens, Tennessee Williams partying with Truman Capote, Ring
Lardner planning a get together with Al Capone--it's all here.