• Craig Pittman on How the Florida Panther Was Brought Back From Near Extinction

    In Conversation with Mitchell Kaplan on The Literary Life Podcast

    In this episode of The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan, Craig Pittman joins Mitchell to discuss his latest book, Cat Tales: The Wild, Weird Battle to Save the Florida Panther, out now from Hanover Square Press.

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    This episode of The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan was recorded at Books & Books in Coral Gables, Florida. Subscribe now on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever else you find your podcasts!

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    Craig Pittman is an award-winning journalist at the Tampa Bay Times and author of 4 books, including NYT bestseller Oh, Florida! How America’s Weirdest State Influences the Rest of the Country. His journalism has won 4 Waldo Proffitt Awards for Distinguished Environmental Journalism in Florida. Twice he won the Society of Environmental Journalists’ top investigative reporting award. He was named a Florida Literary Legend by Florida Heritage Book Festival in 2020.


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    Mitchell Kaplan has been a bookseller and has owned the independent bookstores Books & Books for over 35 years. Enter the Literary Life where every week you’ll hear candid conversations with Mitchell and his guests, including Dave Cullen, Min Jin Lee, Lisa Lucas, Tayari Jones, Tina Brown, and Pete Souza.





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