In times of dramatic change, we all need a lamplighter who can help us see where we are headed by showing us where we've been. For Florida, Al Burt is a lamplighter. Al's Column is a conservatory of Florida history. Week after week, he illuminates people, places and traditions - all caught in a swirl of change, yet all worth hanging onto. More than any body of writings that I know of, Al Burt's Florida is a touchstone between the Florida that was, the Florida that is, and the Florida that is in the becoming. Al performs this heavy duty without the first hint of heavy-handedness. His prose, like the man himself, is gentle and sensitive. May this collection of his columns spawn many more.
 
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