RIVER OF LAKES, A JOURNEY ON FLORIDA'S ST. JOHNS RIVER
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Good fit if you want...
- You enjoy place-driven narrative nonfiction about the St. Johns River.
- You want immersive natural history mixed with local Florida oral history.
Maybe skip if...
- You prefer strict scientific monographs over personal travel essays.
- You expect a comprehensive policy textbook on Florida water management.
- You are specifically hunting for the newest framing rather than a backlist perspective.
Summary
In River of Lakes, Bill Belleville traces the winding St. Johns River from headwaters to sea, blending personal journey, interviews with river people, and natural-history observation into a portrait of Florida’s longest river.
Edition on file: 2000 • Univ of Georgia Pr • 220 pages • ISBN 9780820321561.
Why this book now
Belleville’s 2000 account of the St. Johns River remains urgent for readers concerned about Florida water issues, habitat loss, and the river’s cultural communities.
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Reading commitment
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At about 220 pages, Belleville’s book reads like a long magazine feature—suitable for a few focused afternoons or a week of steady reading.
What stands out here
This Univ. of Georgia Press edition preserves Belleville’s narrative blend of travel writing, interviews, and ecology centered on the St. Johns River landscape and communities.
Best way to approach it
Read slowly and savor passages describing river places and local voices; mark maps or passages to revisit the book’s natural-history and human stories.
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