Death in the Everglades
Subtitle: the murder of Guy Bradley, America's first martyr to environmentalism
By: Stuart B. McIver ; foreword by Raymond Arsenault and Gary R. Mormino
Series: The Florida history and culture series
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Gainesville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 187
ISBN-13: 9780813026718
Subjects: Murder; Environmental protection; Environmental aspects; Environmentalists; Biography; Herons
Description: Tells the story of Guy Bradley, a reformed plume hunter in the frontier town of Flamingo, who was hired in 1902 as game warden of Monroe County and three years later was killed while trying to enforce the unpopular anti-poaching law.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-182) and index.
Table of contents: title: The feather trade; title: The letter; title: A veritable tropical paradise; title: The cruise of the Bonton; title: The barefoot mailman; title: Tycoons of the plume trade; title: Cuthbert's rookery; title: The Palm Beach dudes; title: Sharpshooter; title: Flagler takes charge; title: The end of the world; title: The patriarch; title: A matter of law; title: The badge; title: On the job; title: A boat named Audubon; title: Trouble at Cuthbert; title: Life in Flamingo; title: Back on the job; title: Shootout at Oyster Keys; title: No true bill; title: The fight goes on.