In Fort Lauderdale, ‘Where the Boys Are’

Travel Blog  •  Jim Benning  •  03.05.08 | 12:03 PM ET

Tom Swick recently asked beach-goers in Fort Lauderdale if they were familiar with his “favorite Fort Lauderdale novel,” Glendon Swarthout’s spring break-themed “Where the Boys Are,” published in 1960—or the film or song of the same name. It’s not hard to imagine the response. The South Florida Sun-Sentinel has video.