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The Everglades : river of grass / by Marjory Stoneman Douglas ; illustrated by Robert Fink ; [update by Michael Grunwald].
Before 1947, when Marjory Stoneman Douglas named The Everglades a "river of grass," most people considered the area worthless. She brought the world's attention to the need to preserve The Everglades. In the Afterword, Michael Grunwald tells us what has happened to them since then. Grunwald points out that in 1947 the government was in the midst of establishing the Everglades National Park and turning loose the Army Corps of Engineers to control floods--both of which seemed like saviors for the Glades. But neither turned out to be the answer. Working from the research he did for his book, The Swamp, Grunwald offers an account of what went wrong and the many attempts to fix it, beginning with Save Our Everglades, which Douglas declared was "not nearly enough." Grunwald then lays out the intricacies (and inanities) of the more recent and ongoing CERP, the hugely expensive Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan.
Record details
- ISBN: 1561643947
- ISBN: 9781561643943 (hbk. : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 1561643947 (hbk. : alk. paper)
- Physical Description: 447 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
- Edition: 60th anniversary ed.
- Publisher: Sarasota, Fla. : Pineapple Press, 2007.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Original ed.: New York : Rinehart, 1947. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 426-433) and indexes. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The nature of the Everglades -- The people of the Glades -- The discoverers -- The adventurers -- Captives and martyrs -- The conquerors -- Three hundred quiet years -- The free people -- War in the Glades : fighting retreat -- War in the Glades : the undefeated -- The coming of peace -- White man's return -- Drainage and the frontier -- Boom, blow, bust, and recovery -- The eleventh hour -- Afterword / by Michael Grunwald. |
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| Subject: | Everglades (Fla.) > Description and travel. Everglades (Fla.) > History. Everglades (Fla.) > Environmental conditions. Natural history > Florida > Everglades. Florida > History. |
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- 1 of 2 copies available at Northwest Indian College.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lummi Library | F 317 .E9 D6 2007 | 278264 | Stacks | In process | - |
| Lummi Library | F 317 .E9 D6 2007 | 678764 | Stacks | Available | - |