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Doug Alderson's Writing & Photography Recent Happenings The Great Florida Seminole Trail: Complete Guide to Seminole Indian Historic and Cultural Sites is Doug's newest book and has just been released by Pineapple Press! Click here to check it out on Amazon. Author M. R. Street said the book was "a travelogue through time" in her 3/3/13 review in the Tallahassee Democrat, The book was also featured in the March/April 2013 issue of Native Peoples magazine! Doug helped to coordinate the highly successful Apalachicola RiverTrek 2012 in October, which raised awareness about how the Apalachicola River and Bay is being starved for freshwater by Alabama and Georgia. They also raised about $18,000 for the Apalachicola Riverkeeper. View the WFSU video by Rob Diaz. Also, read Jennifer Portman's award-winning article in the 11/4/2012 Tallahassee Democrat. Doug has joined Georgia Ackerman in coordinating RiverTrek 2013. And be sure to come to the Apalachicola Riverkeeper Ice-Cream Social on Sunday, June 2nd from 2-6 at Goodwood Plantation in Tallahassee! Music, goodies, talks, hands-on activities and more. Doug's book Wild Florida Waters: Exploring the Sunshine State by Kayak and Canoe, has received a lot of attention. In September of 2012, it received a second place 2012 excellence-in-craft award from the Florida Outdoor Writers Association. Doug read from his book on the WFSU television show Dimensions. Donna Meredith reviewed the book in the Southern Literary Review. And here's a link to a front page article about Doug and Wild Florida Waters, first published in the Tallahassee Democrat on November 20th, 2011. Background Since publishing his first free-lance magazine article at age eighteen, Doug Alderson's articles and photographs have been featured in Wildlife Conservation, American Forests, Sea Kayaker, Sierra, Mother Earth News,
Native Peoples, Shaman's Drum, Campus Life, America, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Florida Naturalist, Florida Sportsman, Tallahassee Magazine, Florida Wildlife and several others. He
has won several state and national writing awards for his books, creative
nonfiction articles, and magazine features. He has been a featured speaker
at book fairs, symposiums, writer's conferences, and numerous other venues. In 2010, he was a panelist at
the Miami Book Fair International.
Doug's first book, Waters Less Traveled: Exploring Florida's Big Bend Coast (University Press of Florida), chronicles a 9-day sea kayaking adventure along a Gulf Coast wilderness. Salty characters, colorful history and amusing tales are all included. The book was the runner up for Best Travel Book of 2006 by the North American Travel Journalists Association. The Vision Keepers: Walking For Native Americans and the Earth, which covers Doug's walks and experiences with Native American people, was released in April of 2007 by Quest Books of Wheaton, Illinois. It has recently been translated into Russian. The Ghost Orchid Ghost and Other Tales From the Swamp, a collection of original Florida mysteries and ghost stories, was released in 2007 by Pineapple Press. The book serves as a unique way to teach young people about Florida's history and environment through storytelling. New Dawn for the Kissimmee River: Orlando to Lake Okeechobee by Kayak (University Press of Florida, 2009) uses a 12-day expedition to highlight the restoration of the Kissimmee River. In 2008, the book won a first place Royal Palm Literary Award from the Florida Writers Association in the unpublished travel category, and it was awarded a first place Excellence in Craft Award for an outdoor book by the Florida Outdoor Writers Association in 2010. The Ghostly Ghost Tour of St. Augustine and Other Tales from Florida's Coast: Where else but Florida can you find a greater treasure-trove of tales filled with pirates, shipwrecked sailors, ghostly sea captains and lost tribes of Native Americans? Also available on Kindle. Through Time and Wilderness: Doug sets out to retrace his grandparents' 1939 western journey with a burning question: are the panoramic landscapes, especially those found in our national parks, as relevant and captivating today as they were more than 70 years ago? Also available on Kindle. Encounters with Florida's Endangered Wildlife (University Press of Florida, 2010) features chapters tracking panthers, black bears, whooping cranes, manatees, sea turtles, even ivory-billed woodpeckers. This book is a must-read for anyone who wants to know more about wild Florida. Now available on Kindle! Seminole Freedom is a novel based on true historical events. Following the life of Jenny as she grows into womanhood and endures the long and bitter Seminole wars, this tale of hardship, bravery and freedom explores the little known role of Black Seminoles in the shaping of American history. Also available on Kindle. Wild Florida Waters: Exploring the Sunshine State by Kayak and Canoe places Florida's unsurpassed beauty and abundant wildlife in the forefront, from the mangrove labyrinth of the Ten Thousand Islands to the springfed Ichetucknee River. It includes an exciting dose of paddling adventures along with useful how-to information. Available on Amazon and at select retailers! The Great Florida Seminole Trail (Pineapple Press 2013) is the first comprehensive illustrated guide to Florida's historic and cultural sites that directly relate to Seminole Indians. The span of Seminole history covered in the book ranges from William Bartram's visits to Seminole villages in the early 1770s to the tragic Seminole wars to contemporary Seminole attractions. Also available on Kindle. Doug is an active member in these organizations: Florida Outdoor Writers Association, Tallahassee Writers Association and the Florida Paddling Trails Association. He also writes an award-winning outdoors and nature blog for Visit Tallahassee. Note: Books ordered from this website can be autographed and inscribed by Doug upon request. Besides PayPal, books can be ordered with check or money order (made out to Doug) and sent to 960 Towhee Road, Tallahassee, FL 32305. 2013 Public Appearances
Doug enjoys doing book signings and PowerPoint programs. For events outside of the Tallahassee area, an honorarium is requested to cover travel expenses. Contact Doug for a complete list of programs that he offers, dougalderson@comcast.net. Photography Doug is an accomplished photographer specializing in nature photos. He is interested in sharing the timeless beauty of land and water with his audience. A few of his photos are shown below. You can view more of Florida's landscapes, plants and animals here. His photos are also featured in a gallery on the 1000 Friends of Florida website. Doug won the 2007 and 2011 National Recreation Trails photo contests in the water trails category.
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