Al Burt's Florida

Al Burt  (1927-2008)  worked as a journalist for 45 years, the last 22 of which he spent as a roving Florida columnist for the  Miami Herald. The recipient of numerous journalism awards, he was a freelance contributor to many magazines, including  The Nation  and  Historic Preservation, and is the author of several books, among them  Florida: A Place in the Sun  and  Becalmed in the Mullet Latitudes. In his honor, the 1, 000 Friends of Florida established the annual Al Burt Award for Florida journalism.