Question: Who is the author of the Florida folklore book Palmetto Country who ran for Governor of Florida in 1952?
Answer: Stetson Kennedy
Stetson Kennedy, born in Jacksonville in 1916, was a Florida literary and civil rights legend. One of the most prolific award-winning Florida authors and human rights activists, Kennedy was a folklorist, labor activist, and environmentalist.
The folk singer Woody Guthrie said about Palmetto Country, “It gives me a better trip and taste and look and feel for Florida than I got in the forty-seven states I’ve actually been in body and tramped in boot.”
