Living Sanibel - A Nature Guide to Sanibel & Captiva Islands
Living Sanibel is a must have for any Sanibel & Captiva Island resident or visitor who loves the nature that surrounds us. "Living Sanibel" or as my daughter refers to it "Sanibel Alive" is truly a labor of love.
Authored by Charlie Sobczak, a local Author, Fishing Expert, fellow Realtor and Friend, "Living Sanibel" is the most comprehensive book of it's kind to date. For any nature lover, one would need to carry several guides to encompass the chapters included in Charlie's newest book. The photography alone is reason enough to add this book to your collection.
Charlie's attention to detail and passion for this project can be found on each page. The section on shells takes shelling guides a step further by providing reference rulers to help collectors quickly identify a species. Only an avid fisherman would think of an idea so practical!
There once was a 6 year old girl, who during her first trip to Sanibel Island found a paper placemat in the rental cottage with an island map surrounded by some commonly found shells printed around the edges. She took that paper placemat "shell guide" to the beach every day for a week until the edges were frayed and the shell names were almost illegible. On the last day of shelling, she found a true treasure, it had to be priceless because it wasn't shown on her tattered placemat shell guide. From that day on this small girl was hooked on shelling, nature, and Sanibel Island. I met this girl many years later...she is my wife of almost 20 years now and we live on this island that she loved so much as a little girl.
One can only imagine what doors will open in the minds of young and old alike as they embrace Charlie's "Living Sanibel" and begin their journey exploring the wonders that nature displays daily on Sanibel and Captiva Islands! To order a copy of Living Sanibel visit www.IndigoPress.net ~ Eric Pfeifer