Everglades patrol
By: Tom Shirley ; foreword by Patsy West
Contributors: West, Patsy, 1947-
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Gainesville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9780813041919
Subjects: United States; Park rangers; United States. National Park Service; Biography
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The 1930s: my early years in Miami; title: The 1940s: into the Everglades; title: Everglades patrol: getting my feet wet; title: Everglades patrol: all in a day's work; title: After alligator poachers; title: Everglades floods; title: Public policies, private disasters; title: Law enforcement in a failing ecosystem; title: From officer to advocate; title: Epilogue: gladesmen, then and now.