Title: Everglades patrol /
Authors: Shirley, Tom, 1930-; West, Patsy, 1947-
Publisher: University Press of Florida,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Shirley, Tom,; United States.; Park rangers Florida Biography.; Everglades National Park (Fla.)
Abstract: The story of the Everglades seen through the eyes of Tom Shirley, who grew up in the area and went on to become an enforcement officer and game manager for thirty-three years.
Contents: The 1930s: my early years in Miami -- The 1940s: into the Everglades -- Everglades patrol: getting my feet wet -- Everglades patrol: all in a day's work -- After alligator poachers -- Everglades floods -- Public policies, private disasters -- Law enforcement in a failing ecosystem -- From officer to advocate -- Epilogue: gladesmen, then and now.