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Surrounded on Three Sides (Florida Sand Dollar Books) by John Keasler is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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"A jaunty, outstandingly human, and highly successful satire on the habits and ways of professional promoters, on progress in Florida. . . and a lot of other things."-- Chicago Tribune "A delightful discovery for the general reader of Florida fiction."Les Standiford from the book "That crazy bastard is famous! If he moves herewherever he movesit will be news. It will be on every wire service. It will be in every column. And just what will be the first public reaction?" . . . "My god," Paul said, "Youre right." "Paul, do you know how a resort area starts?" A stricken Paul Higgins sat up and stared, hearing the shiny bulldozer. Escaping the cold, frantic world of New York public relations, Paul Higgins moves his family to rustic, undeveloped southwest Florida, where peace and quiet are assured. That is, until a celebrated author moves into the neighborhood and Higgins devises "the hard unsell," a series of ingenious and hilarious public relations efforts to discourage people from moving to Flat City and to scare off tourists, investors, and developers in the process. Keaslers 1958 novel is remarkable both for its humor and for its early portrayal of the dilemma of Florida growth, a
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- John Keasler
- Publisher
- Gainesville: University Press of Florida
- Published
- 1999
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780813017105
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Mystery, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.78 / 5 (9 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14