Title: Torry Island boy of the Everglades
Description: Describes the boyhood of Henry M. "Pete" Lee, a cowboy and farmer who grew up on Torry Island in Lake Okeechobee in southeast Florida, detailing the settling of the area by his pioneer relatives from the 1890s to the mid-twentieth century.
Subjects: Biography, Childhood and youth, Frontier and pioneer life, History, Juvenile literature, Pioneers, Social life and customs
Places: Everglades, Everglades (Fla.), Florida, Okeechobee, Lake, Region (Fla.)
People: Harry M. Lee
Time periods: 20th century