I’m so happy to have had the honor to republish my father’s novel about the Everglades and the Florida Keys!

An updated version of Shark Point, a novel written by Ernest E. Hamilton.

Based on the true story of William “Buddy” Hamilton, who disappeared near Shark Point in February 1932 while on a hunting trip. The author reimagines the story of the father he never met in this fictional tale of what might have happened.

Deep in the Florida Everglades during the great economic depression of 1932, Florinda Harrison fretted with the dreadful decision she had to make. Life without Buddy was unendurable. It had now been ten months since he went on the fateful hunting trip from which he hadn’t returned. She knew she and her three small children desperately needed help if they were to survive in this harsh environment. One small hope remained; there were rumors of a ‘white-man’ living with Indians near Lake Okeechobee. Deputy Sheriff, Jim Harrison, her father-in-law, had gone to investigate. She must hold out for awhile longer – could she?

Ernest Hamilton was born in September 1932, 7 months after his father disappeared in the Florida Everglades.

Hamilton was born in Key West, Florida, lived his early years in the Florida Everglades and eventually graduated from the University of Florida with a degree in Business Administration.