The Legacy: South Florida Museum is an account of the origins, founding, and development in twentieth-century Florida of a people's museum about archeology, Spanish exploration, manatees, and space. As a museum founded in the immediate post-World War II era, with its origins in the prehistoric past, its narrative reflects Florida's changes through Spanish exploration, statehood, tourism, endangered manatees, and space development over a thousand years. The Legacy is a story of volunteerism, in the spirit of voluntary action for the common good, by dedicated individuals. It leads to today's South Florida Museum and its several facilities, including the Bishop Planetarium, Parker Manatee Aquarium, and Spanish Plaza. For more information, please see the following article from The Herald-Tribune. http: //www.heraldtribune.com/article/20101130/ARTICLE/11301026/1238?p=1&tc=pg

A breath-taking river with lush wetlands and Florida''s natural environment are Bennett's inspiration for The River Widens. It is a poetically stunning collection about the moods and creatures of a Florida tidal river. Bennett's meditations and observations, coupled with his biologist's perspective of the Braden River, create succinct, wry and lyrical poems. On a dock or a flats walk, or a kayak paddle, Bennett transforms sightings into poems that capture the tempo of the river, its beauty and complexity, along with the struggles and accommodations among its wildlife. His natural curiosity about Florida's river life results in unique poems about the natural world as varied as Florida''s riverine environment.

"Nature, As One Sees It" is a collection of nature poems set in Florida, with excursions to Maine and Washington, and into the past to William Bartram's travels. Bennett, a scientist and poet, presents nature with succinct exactitude, unclouded by sentiment.