num_pages: 488
description: The Swamp is the story of the destruction and possible resurrection of the Everglades, the saga of man's abuse of nature in southern Florida and his unprecedented efforts to make amends. Michael Grunwald, a prize-winning national reporter for The Washington Post, takes readers on a journey from the Ice Ages to the present, illuminating the natural, social and political history of one of America's most beguiling but least understood patches of land.
language: English
title: The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise
titlecomplete: The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise
genres: Nature, History, Travel, American History, Environment, Science, American, Nonfiction, Natural History, Politics
ratings_count: 1571
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Florida Book Award
category: Non Fiction - Gold
publisher: Simon  Schuster