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It earned a silver medal at the florida book awards. The florida book awards honors the best work by florida authors annually since 2006. Carltons current focus is the florida wildlife corridor, a public awareness initiative he established in 2009. The cracker cowboys rode short horses called cracker ponies across the florida cracker trail from fort pierce to bradenton. See all 2 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. His 2009 book, florida cowboys, won a medal in the florida book awards and for that work popular photography magazine featured him for working to save vanishing america. While completing a masters degree in ecology, carlton wrote conservation photography, the first thesis on the emerging field. Every day before dawn, they saddle their horses, coil their lariats and whips, and ride out to work the herds. Visit a florida where sunburn is the result of honest, hard work not an afternoon at the beach. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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