The Children of Travis McGee

The Literary Descendants of Our Man Trav…

I guess it says something about the ongoing appeal of John D. MacDonalds Travis McGee that so many writers have been inspired to create Travis-like heroes themselves. Some are more obvious than others, and of course anyone who lives on a boat, shows any concern for the environment or views Florida with a jaundiced eye is going to be tagged as owing MacDonald a large debt, but there are a few distaff and defiantly unorthodox characters that might justify a literary paternity test or two…

Here are a few of the more obvious:

Respectfully compiled by Kevin Burton Smith. Help me out here…

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