"In 1981, I was appointed by Gov. Bob Graham to the Big Cypress Swamp Advisory Committee, the one started by Gov. Askew, as representative of environmental organizations. My first committee meeting and field trip on the road lasted three days, and I discovered that it was the most controversial issue that the BCSAC had dealt with according to the other members."
- Franklin Adams
Reviews & Comments
We greatly appreciate the comments, testimonials and reviews that people have made after reading our book. We are grateful that they have taken the time to express their reactions to Enjoyment of the Same and hope everyone enjoys reading them.
Enjoyment of the Same—A review by Deborah Jansen
I have been involved in preserving the natural resources in south Florida for 40 years and have seen Franklin Adam’s passionate efforts and successes to protect the south Florida landscape and its species. Yet there was much I didn’t know about the details of those efforts until Franklin and Nicholas Penniman wrote Enjoyment of the Same.
The authors also detail the earlier efforts of individuals to make south Florida habitable for humans yet often at the expense of the land itself. For new and seasoned explorers of the unique preserved habitats in south Florida, this engaging book will increase your appreciation of their history and, hopefully, encourage you to become active in current efforts to conserve the remaining areas under development pressures today.
A well-done history of southwest Florida's environmental challenges
Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2022
"After living in Naples, Florida for the last twelve years, I never appreciated the history, environmental issues, and biodiversity, of southwest Florida until I read "Enjoyment of the Same."
For years we had visited Corkscrew Swamp to view its wildlife, attended events at Oil Well Park and had lunch in Chokoloskee, a small settlement bordering Ten Thousand Islands. After reading this short, entertaining book I now understand the role these and other regions have played in the development of southwest Florida's environment.
Many helpful maps of the region done by John Beriault, the first president of the Southwest Florida Archaeological Society, orient the reader to the text.
Interesting anecdotes also pepper the text. Most residents, for example, know Collier County was named after Barron Collier. But few know he purchased 900,000 acres of Florida swamp in 1923 with the fortune he made after "he conceived the idea of strategically placed advertisements above the shelving of New York City trolley cars to capture the attention of riders who had little else to look at." Or that by the end of the nineteenth century, Florida's brightly-feathered birds were nearly hunted to extinction to provide plumage for women's hats originally popularized by Marie Antoinette.
I recommend "Enjoyment of the Same" for anyone with an interest in southwest Florida specifically, or the environment generally."
- RHG
A well-done history of southwest Florida's environmental challenges
Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2022
"After living in Naples, Florida for the last twelve years, I never appreciated the history, environmental issues, and biodiversity, of southwest Florida until I read "Enjoyment of the Same."
For years we had visited Corkscrew Swamp to view its wildlife, attended events at Oil Well Park and had lunch in Chokoloskee, a small settlement bordering Ten Thousand Islands. After reading this short, entertaining book I now understand the role these and other regions have played in the development of southwest Florida's environment.
Many helpful maps of the region done by John Beriault, the first president of the Southwest Florida Archaeological Society, orient the reader to the text.
Interesting anecdotes also pepper the text. Most residents, for example, know Collier County was named after Barron Collier. But few know he purchased 900,000 acres of Florida swamp in 1923 with the fortune he made after "he conceived the idea of strategically placed advertisements above the shelving of New York City trolley cars to capture the attention of riders who had little else to look at." Or that by the end of the nineteenth century, Florida's brightly-feathered birds were nearly hunted to extinction to provide plumage for women's hats originally popularized by Marie Antoinette.
I recommend "Enjoyment of the Same" for anyone with an interest in southwest Florida specifically, or the environment generally."
- Thomas Lansen, MD