Okefenokee
Photographer Niemeyer (Long-Legged Wading Birds of the North American Wetlands) and Folkerts (zoology, Auburn Univ.) successfully collaborate on a photographic and textual paean to this huge nearly half a million acres and famous swamp in southeastern Georgia and northern Florida. At first glance, Okefenokee might appear to fall in the genre of coffee-table book; there are pages and pages of stunning color photographs, many of them filling the entire page. But the text has substance: Folkerts's writing is as artistic and inspiring as Niemeyer's gorgeous photos, maybe even more so, and Folkerts carefully summarizes the swamp's geographical setting, geological history, and plant and animal life as well as the impact of Native Americans, European settlers, and modern Americans. Strongly recommended for all public and academic libraries in the Southeast and for large environmental collections elsewhere. Lynn C. Badger, Univ. of Florida Lib., GainesvilleCopyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.