The book of the Everglades
By: edited by Susan Cerulean.
Contributors: Cerulean, Susan.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Minneapolis, Minn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
Subjects: Natural history -- Florida -- Everglades; Endangered ecosystems -- Florida -- Everglades; Nature conservation -- Florida -- Everglades
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 250-251).
Table of contents: title: The Everglades : an ecology in five parts / Susan Cerulean & Jono Miller; title: The river and the plain / Archie Carr; title: Two hunters / Betty Mae Jumper; title: Welcome to Dike Okeechobee / Julie Hauserman; title: Lost gourds and spent soils on the shores of Okeechobee / Gary Paul Nabhan; title: The sweet hereafter : our craving for sugar starves the Everglades and fattens politicians / Paul Roberts; title: Losing ground: soil subsidence in the Everglades / Juanita Greene; title: Everglades National Park fiftieth anniversary : homage to a magical place / Carl Hiaasen; title: The corn lady / Betty Mae Jumper; title: A culture endangered / Jeff Klinkenberg; title: This path don't lead to Miami : Everglades treks of the 1800s / Jan Godown; title: The stork and the sparrow / Don Stap; title: Straws in a swimming pool / Michele Hatton; title: Putting down roots : exotics in the Everglades / Sharon Rauch; title: Path of the panther / Charles Fergus; title: A green hell / Susan Orlean; title: The lightning bug and the moth / Jono Miller; title: The most valuable bird / Susan Diane Jewett; title: The last days of Florida Bay / Carl Hiaasen; title: Saving our tails / June Wiaz; title: A snail's race / Renée Ripple; title: A call for restoration / Paul N. Gray; title: Prayer for the Everglades / Lola Haskins.