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Dedication

I dedicate this book to the members of Save Our Suwannee, who have devoted an enormous amount of time and energy to preserving a beautiful river.

Acknowledgments

Among the people who helped me in the research for this book are Captain Chris Brown (who gave me a boat tour from Manatee Springs south toward Suwannee), Shirley Clark (librarian at the Branford Public Library), Rangers Amy Conyers and Merrill “Catfish” Phillips (both of whom work at Troy Spring State Park), Robena Cornwell (who helped me access information about Stephen Foster’s famous song), Courter Films and Associates (for the production of a DVD entitled “The Florida Water Story”), Cary and Lynn Crutchfield (who gave me tours of the river and helped me with its literature), Susan Duser (who produced the maps), Annette Long (president of Save Our Suwannee), Ranger Andrew Moody (who gave me a detailed tour of Fanning Springs), Nan Myrick (who led me to my river guide and urged me to write this guide), Joanna Norman (archives supervisor at the State Library and Archives of Florida), and Tracy Woodard (librarian at the White Springs Library).

About the Author

Kevin M. McCarthy is a professor emeritus of English and Florida studies at the University of Florida in Gainesville. He has written fifteen other books for Pineapple Press, including African Americans in Florida, African American Sites in Florida, Alligator Tales, Apalachicola Bay, Aviation in Florida, Baseball in Florida, Book Lover’s Guide to Florida, Christmas in Florida, Georgia’s Lighthouses and Historic Coastal Sites, Lighthouses of Ireland, Native Americans in Florida, Over Southeast Florida, St. Johns River Guidebook, Thirty Florida Shipwrecks, and Twenty Florida Pirates.