Books About Lee County

Books About Lee County

Books set on Captiva

Captiva by Randy Wayne White
Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Island Eyes: The Adventures of a Shell by Laney Lee
The Other Side of the Bridge by Ted Levering

Books set on Sanibel

Blind Pass by Sean Michael Dever
C.B. Greenfield: The Piano Bird by Lucille Kallen
Chain of Vengeance by William Beechcroft
The Heat Islands by Randy Wayne White
Lost in the Wilderness by Eliot Zimmerman
The Sanibel Arcanum by Thomas D. Cochrun
Sanibel Flats by Randy Wayne White
Sanybel Light by Charles LeBuff
Six Mornings on Sanibel by Charles Sobczak
The Wings of Morning by Karen Harper

Lee County Local History

Bamboo and Sailing Ships: The Story of Thomas A. Edison and Fort Myers, Florida by Florence Fritz
Barefoot to Boots by Charles William Flint
Beginnings of Bonita Springs, Florida by E. P. Nutting
The Caloosahatchee: Miscellaneous Writings Concerning the History of the Caloosahatchee River and the City of Fort Myers, Florida
The Calusa: Sanibel-Captiva’s Native Indians by Elinore M. Dormer
Cape Coral: A Pictorial Perspective
Coconuts and Coquinas; Island Life on Fort Myers Beach, 1920-1970 by Jean S. Gottlieb
Edison in Florida: The Green Laboratory by Olav Thulesius
Fort Myers (Fort Harvie) by Prudy Taylor Board
Historic Fort Myers by Prudy Taylor Board
History of Fort Myers Beach, Florida by Rolfe F. Schell
History of the Fort Myers Fire Department by Donald L. Stonestreet
The Last Big One: Hurricane Donna Hits Ft. Myers Beach, Florida by Jean F. Matthew

Lee County: A Pictorial History by Prudy Taylor Board
Lies That Came True by Eileen Bernard
The Murphy-Burroughs Home by Prudy Taylor Board
1,000 Years on Mound Key by Rolfe F. Schell
The Other Side of the River: Historical Cape Coral by Betsy Zeiss
Pine Island Life by Joan Dunlop Wilson
Pioneers of Bonita Springs: Facts and Folklore by Mildred Briggs
Policing Paradise: Sanibel Island by John P. Butler
A Sanibel and Captiva Family Album: A Pictorial History of the Islands B.C. - Before the Causeway
Sanibel Shell Shocked by Art Shell
The Sea Shell Islands by Elinore M. Dormer
A Short History of Fort Myers Beach, Estero and San Carlos Island by Barrett Brown
The Story of Fort. Myers by Karl Grisner
Tales of Pine Island by Elaine Blohm Jordan
Thru My Eyes by H. D. Anderson
True Tales of Old Captiva
Twice Upon a Time by Betty Hawkins
Uncommon Friends: Life with Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone, Alexis Carrel, and Charles Lindbergh by James D. Newton
The Unknown Story of Sanibel and Captiva (Ybel y Captiva) by Florence Fritz
We Never Wore Shoes: Growing Up on Ft. Myers Beach, Florida by Jean F. Matthew
Yesterday’s Fort Myers by Marian Godown