Florida's Fabulous Spiders

Florida's Fabulous Nature #12

by G.B. Edwards

Presents a guide to a variety of spiders which reside in the state of Florida.

64 pages, Paperback

First published September 30, 2002

About the author

Gerald Basil Edwards was born in Vale Parish on the Channel Island of Guernsey and lived there until joining the Royal Guernsey Light Infantry in 1917. He attended Bristol University for several years, though he does not seem to have graduated. By the late 1920s Edwards was living in London, where he taught literature and drama at a number of institutions, including Toynbee Hall. He became acquainted with the writers J.S. Collis, Stephen Potter, and Middleton Murry, who recruited him to write for The Adelphi. All three considered Edwards a genius and expected him to become a new D.H. Lawrence. In 1928, Edwards was commissioned by Jonathan Cape to write a biography of Lawrence, with whom he briefly corresponded. Lawrence then died and the biography was never completed. Although he continued to write, Edwards published very little from that point on, eventually earning his living as a civil servant. He retired to Dorset, where in 1972 he met the art student Edward Chaney, who encouraged him to complete The Book of Ebenezer Le Page. Edwards bequeathed the typescript to his young friend, who eventually succeeded in having it published. It was hailed as a great novel in England and America and has since been published in French and Italian.

Reviews

[Madeline Altobello · Rating 5 out of 5]

I used to fear spiders but then I started learning more about them. I started by observing spiders in the wild and reading books about them. This is one of the first books I read about spiders. I found it in my library and was delighted because I’m from Florida and wanted to learn about local species of spiders. I learned a lot about Florida’s spiders from this book. This book didn’t disappoint!