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Apr 17, 2019 fourteen of pratt s novels and many of his short stories are set in florida. The mailman walks barefoot down the beach from miamift lauderdale area up to what they call palm beach possibly the same palm beach as today, im not sure and endures heat. The barefoot mailman gift shops has a facebook page for nostalgia and to find previous employees. Theodore pratt 19011969 was an american writer who is best known for his novels set in florida. May 22, 2014 pierce first used the term barefoot mailman in conversation with dohanos, the term then applied to the murals dohanos produced. Buy the barefoot mailman by theodore pratt online at alibris. The route consisted of walking along the beach, and rowing small boats across the inlets, even in poor weather. This is a pleasant enough comedy set in turnof the century miami as bob cummings plays a swindler whos been swindled. The barefoot mailman 1943 if there are florida classics or at least south florida classics, isnt this one of them. Subscribers may view the full text of this article in its original form through timesmachine. Popular attractions ocean city beach and ocean city boardwalk are located nearby. The family later moved to new rochelle, new york, where theodore attended high school. Theodore pratt novel, james gunn screenplay 1 more. Using historical details in a fictional work, the story centers on the barefoot mailmen who carried the mail from palm beach to miami from 18851892.
The cover featured an interesting interpretation of the barefoot mailman. How he gained this interest and came to write the florida trilogy is detailed in. Full text is unavailable for this digitized archive article. The mail carriers would walk barefoot along the hardpaced sand along the waters edge so the name barefoot mailman. In 1951 the book was made into a movie starring robert cummings, terry moore, jerome courtland and john russell. A 19thcentury con artist flees to the wilds of florida to elude the law. The setting and the atmosphere painted by pratt is accurate and vivid, describing the beaches, palm trees, animals. The barefoot mailman is a comedyadventure film starring robert cummings and distributed by columbia pictures in 1951. It was erected on the bridge that spans the hillsboro inlet a1a.
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