* The Lost Garden: Recollections of a Childhood on Florida’s Gulf Coast
* The Garden Remembered: New Stories of the Gulf Coast
* Gulfstream: A Memoir
* The View from a Sailboat
* The Captain and the Mermaid
* The Shell Book
* The Seagull Book
* The Pelican Book
* The Dolphin Book
* The Manatee Book
Articles
* "The Gulf Coast: A Personal History"
* "The Great Hurricane of 1928"
* "The Tarpon Springs Sponge Industry"
* "The Apalachicola Oyster Industry"
* "The Cedar Key Clam Industry"
* "The Everglades: A Natural History"
* "The Florida Keys: A Natural History"
* "The Dry Tortugas: A Natural History"
* "The Bahamas: A Natural History"
* "The Turks and Caicos Islands: A Natural History"
Essays
* "On Gardening"
* "On Sailing"
* "On Fishing"
* "On Bird-Watching"
* "On Shell Collecting"
* "On Travel"
* "On Writing"
* "On Life"