Useppa
A Passage in Time
A novel inspired by real events

Written by
Dale Ludwig

Paintings by
John Seerey-Lester

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This elegant coffee table book depicts native wildlife, colorful inhabitants and major events in the 10,000-year history of Useppa Island in Southwest Florida. More than 80 vibrant paintings by world renowned artist John Seerey-Lester richly complement the sensitive, lyrical writing of novelist and historian Dale Ludwig.

Useppa • A Passage in Time is a limited edition package of 650 – comprising a leather-bound, numbered book, signed by the author and the artist – and a beautiful signed and numbered, limited edition print. Discerningly priced at $599.00, it is currently available.

***UPDATE***
Now available - The $59.00 hardbound trade edition.

***FLASH***
Useppa · A Passage in Time” has won the Independent Publisher’s Silver Literary Award (
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Printed in Canada

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Just in time for the Holidays . . .
2009 Useppa Calendar

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Table of Contents

Chapter:

 1.

 Whelks: to a Cottage Industry

 2.

 My Kingdom for a Fish

 3.

 Maps Say de Soto Slept Here

 4.

 Gaspar Tries to Take a Wife

 5.

 They Still Don't Talk to the Others

 6.

 What is Real Property Anyway?

 7.

 Zen and the Art of Sport Fishing

 8.

 The Bum Quit School at Sixteen

 9.

 Forget the Road Less Traveled

 10.

 Good News Travels Slow

 11.

 Recipe for Making Whoopee

 12.

 Wanted: A Unique Island Rental

 13.

 A Place for a Pool and My Boat

 14.

 Rediscovering the Road Less Traveled

 15.

 How to Buy an Island on Sweat Equity

 16.

 The Magnificent Seven and More

 17.

 Reinventing the Old Florida Style

 18.

 Digging Up the Past While Uncovering the Future

 19.

 Still Finding Funny Bones

 20.

 Anecdotes, Yarns and Truth

 21.

 Say Goodbye to the Old Olive Tree

 22.

 Another Opening, a New Beginning

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