The Man Who Invented Florida

This third book in the Doc Ford series introduces his sleazy Uncle, Gaspar, who is a cow hunter, a fishing guide, a drug smuggler, and who knows what all else. He thinks he's found the fountain of youth in his backyard, and tries to embroil Doc in his scheme. Not a bad book, but not really an adventur......more

"The Man Who Invented Florida" by Randy Wayne White is the third Doc Ford novel, although strangely enough Doc Ford is not the focal character in the story. The character that we spend the most amount of time with is a redneck old codger living in a shack in the Everglades. His name is Tucker Gatrel......more

Personally I enjoyed this book. I listened to the audiobook and I feel like I might have missed a thing or two that explained the why’s of some of what went on. But overall it doesn’t matter. It was silly and irreverent while still having some underlying depth about people and their motivations. It’......more

Three men disappear as an artisan well is claimed to have healing properties. Doc gets in the middle as his uncle has the well on his property and may also be the cause of the disappearances.......more

Three missing persons and a mysterious water source with healing properties are the basis for the novel. The author includes social commentary on the mistreatment of the elderly in nursing homes. The prologue and the first few pages make for a cumbersome and disjointed start but the novel improves fr......more