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RECORD NUMBER: 1571 OF 1952Main Title | The Everglades : river of grass / | |||||||||||
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Author | Douglas, Marjory Stoneman, | |||||||||||
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Publisher | Rinehart & Company, Inc., | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1947 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 01544388 | |||||||||||
Subjects | Everglades (Fla)--Description and travel ; Everglades (Fla)--History ; Everglades (Fla)--Environmental conditions ; Natural history--Florida--Everglades ; Florida--History ; Ecology ; Geschichte ; Siedlung | |||||||||||
Additional Subjects | Everglades River,--Fla ; Florida--Hist | |||||||||||
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Collation | 406 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm. | |||||||||||
Notes | Pictorial endpapers. Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-392) and index. |
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Contents Notes | "With the writing of this book, the author brought the world's attention to the need to preserve the Everglades." -- Publisher's description. The nature of the Everglades -- The people of the glades -- The discoverers -- The adventurers -- Captives and martyrs -- The conquerors -- Three hundred quiet years -- Thre 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. |