Do you take the St. Johns River for granted? After writing a book on it, he no longer does
For his new book, Jacksonville author Andrew Nicholas took inspiration from the river he regularly drives over and decided to look deeper and farth...
For his new book, Jacksonville author Andrew Nicholas took inspiration from the river he regularly drives over and decided to look deeper and farther afield. The result is "Exploring the St. Johns River," a photo-heavy history of Florida's mightiest river, all 310 miles of it. "I tried to cover essentially the human history," he said. "From the Timucuans and the 1500s when the French came here, and the Spanish, all the way up to today. The book is a human history slash flora and fauna." Mark Woods: How the Clean Water Act helped transform the St.