This week's guest is Steve Carr, an authority on The Ashley Gang which operated in the Palm Beach County area during the 1910s and early '20s. The Elliott Museum in Stuart recently opened a permanent exhibition detailing the exploits of The Ashley Gang, with the help of Carr's collection of materials related to the group.
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Craig Pittman is the award-winning author of Oh, Florida!: How America’s Weirdest State Influences the Rest of the Country, The Scent of Scandal, Cat Tale, Manatee Insanity and The State You’re In, and co-author of Paving Paradise. Born in Pensacola, he graduated from Troy State University in Alabama, where his muckraking work for the student paper prompted an agitated dean to label him “the most destructive force on campus.” Since then he has covered a variety of newspaper beats and quite a few natural disasters, including hurricanes, wildfires and the Florida Legislature.
