Strange Tales For Sale

WHICH IS MORE interesting: the grand sweep of Russian history or the crunching sound of acorns underfoot?

- By Ian Frazier

The answer is not so obvious after reading “The Snakes That Ate Florida,” an excellent collection of Ian Frazier’s magazine writing.Understated and eclectic, Mr. Frazier’s essays have adorned American magazines for more than 50 years. In the dozen