Totch brown biography

Totch Brown was the name he went by.  His real name was Loren G.

Brown.  He was born in Chokoloskee on March 12, 1920 and died on May 8, 1996. 

He wrote only one book, but that book enshrined him among the best Florida authors.

Totch represents the Florida Cracker I've come to know and respect in the many years I've lived in Florida.

He wrote a book about his life that has become a classic.

It was published by the University Press of Florida in 1993.

That book is "Totch: A Life in the Everglades".

I've given away so many copies of this book I don't even have one left in my personal library.

Totch's great-grandfather, John J.

Brown, was one of the earliest settlers in the Chokoloskee Bay country of the 10,000 islands.

That would make Totch what we call a fourth generation Floridian, a true Cracker.

His grandfather was C. G. McKinney, another early