A collaboration between friends, Floridians and creatives Melissa Farrell, Emily Raffield and Christina McDermott. This large format, coffee table book is filled with 252 pages of new photography, short stories, recipes, relics and nostalgia of the Florida Panhandle. Specifically pieces of "Old Florida" that stretch from Port St. Joe to St. Marks and the saintly towns in between - St. Vincent, St. George Island, Apalachicola, St. Teresa and Panacea. Saints of Old Florida is intended to be a place of inspiration, reference, joy, and a catalyst for memories on the coast to flourish and become new again.
Covering a much loved, but undeveloped (i.e.-not ruined) part of Florida, this is a gloriously beautiful book. The history and anecdotes are captivating and the photography stunning. I especially liked the method of the text overlaying the full-paged photos. My only hope is that while everyone should enjoy the book, they need only enjoy the area vicariously.
the authors are passionate about their subject and it shows very clearly in this coffee table book aout the culture of Old Florida long the forgotten coast.