Trapped in Key West

Trapped in Key West
ISBN-10
0985564601
ISBN-13
9780985564605
Category
Key West (Fla.)
Language
English
Published
2013-10-01
Author
Peter Martin Bacle

Description

A memoir of growing up, living, working, and playing on one of America's premier tourist destinations. The stories and recollections convey a picture of the non-tourist side of Key West, and reveal a family side to commercial fishing.It is also a story about the author's father - an adventure seeker who fought naval battles in WWII, fished the distant Dry Tortugas and Bahama waters, searched for sunken treasure, and clashed with trap robbers and drug smugglers.

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