Florida summer reading encore: 'No Ordinary Bird' and 'The Purple Ribbon'

Kip Lyman is the author.

Her first book entitled The Purple Ribbon.

Kip, it's been a pleasure.

Thank you so much.

Thank you so much.

That's Kip Lyman.

She's a first-time author who lives in Fort Pierce.

She wrote the novel The Purple Ribbon.

This is our Florida Roundup summer reading special.

We're always on the hunt for Florida authors or books about Florida.

Phyllis emailed suggesting Chambers v. Florida and the Criminal Justice Revolution by Richard Brust.

Now, Phyllis says it's about a Florida case that went all the way to the Supreme Court.

The author is a former journalist and graduate of the University of Florida, Phyllis writes.

This case goes back to 1933.

It was a murder in Pompano.

Four black migrant workers eventually confessed to the crime after being tortured, and the eventual Supreme Court case then banned criminal confessions given through coercion.

Phyllis also wrote us to let us know the book won an award for Outstanding Scholarly Book on a Florida History Topic by the Florida Historical Society, Chambers v. Florida and the Criminal Justice Revolution.

You can send us your book suggestion by emailing radio at thefloridaroundup.org. And that is our summer book special today.