"Florida's Living Beaches" by Blair and Dawn Witherington, 2nd Edition. A guide to the natural history of Florida beaches with 1350 color images, 520 maps, and descriptive accounts of over 1400 items. Florida has 1200 miles of coastline, almost 700 miles of which are sandy beaches. Exploring along those beaches brings encounters with a diversity of plants, animals, minerals and manmade objects. All are covered extensively in this comprehensive guide.