books about: everglades

books about: everglades

books:

Everglades

Hidden Florida Keys and Everglades: Including Key Largo and Key West (Hidden Travel)

Candace Leslie

Ulysses Press, 2008

Never left my side
Our vacation in the Keys wouldn't have been so amazing had we not bought this book. Everything we did, ate, and enjoyed came from a recommendation found within the pages of this easy to read and user-friendly guide. The references to ocean-side vs. gulf-side made it ...

Frommer's Florida 2009 (Frommer's Complete)
Lesley Abravanel

Frommers, 2008

America?s #1 bestselling travel series Written by more than 175 outspoken travelers around the globe, Frommer?s Complete Guides help travelers experience places the way locals do. More annually updated guides than any other series 16-page color section and foldout map in all annual guides Outspoken opinions, exact ...

Everglades Assault

Randy Striker

Signet, 2008

Awful, but....
It gives you a Randy Wayne White fix until the next Doc Ford book comes out. This one was truly awful, where some of the others were entertaining in the same way as some of those Hollywood special forces movies are.

Killing Mister Watson

Peter Matthiessen

Vintage, 1991

Review of "Killing Mister Watson"
Killing Mr. Watson is a historical fiction based on the 1910 vigilante murder of Edgar Watson in the Everglades of southwest Florida. Mr. Watson is a shadowy character who appears in the south Florida town of Chokoloskee at the turn of the century, when south Florida ...

St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves (Vintage Contemporaries)

Karen Russell

Vintage, 2007

Girls & Wolves
With lines like "1 Mr. Goodbar = 187 sick children's wishes", Karen Russell's voice breaks out of the contemporary fiction pack with style and flair. St. Lucy's Home... a collection of short fiction brings us to exaggerated stages filled with unique characters. ...

Nature Girl

Carl Hiaasen

Grand Central Publishing, 2007

Nonstop, wild ride
Fans of Hiaasen will not be disappointed. A free for all of characters, action and fun.

Frommers 500 Places to See Before They Disappear (500 Places)

Holly Hughes

Frommers, 2008

500 Places to See Before They Disappear
As an editor at Frommer's travel guides, I have one big regret: that Hurricane Katrina beat me to New Orleans. It's sad and even a little embarrassing that I canceled plans to go not once but twice before it was too late. I'll always have the zydeco and jazz records ...

Everglades

Randy Wayne White

Berkley, 2004

Everglades a nice return to a series I had abandoned
I have been a fan of Randy Wayne White since I first read his columns in Outside magazine. I loved the early books in the Doc Ford series, but felt that they took a dark and offensively misogynist turn somewhere around North of Havana. I stopped reading them after ...

The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise

Michael Grunwald

Simon & Schuster, 2007

required Florida reading
The Swamp is fascinating, relevant, timely, and compelling. It's not just a scientific study of the Everglades but a history of Florida. It's a must read for any Florida resident or anyone with an interest in the Everglades but anyone with an interest in ecology or ...

Everglades River of Grass 60th Anniversary Edition

Marjory Stoneman Douglas

Pineapple Pr, 2007

Excellent
This is an excellent book on the Everglades, the history of Florida, and the ecology of Florida.

Everglades: The Story Behind the Scenery
Jack De Golia

KC Publications, Inc., 1978

An endless "river of grass", blown by a wind which seems to come from out of the prehistoric past, makes the imperceptible descent to the sea, harboring and nourishing within its vast bosom an abounding variety of life. This is the Everglades--broodingly beautiful, deceptively serene--a fragile world where life is held in delicate ...

Gladesmen: Gator Hunters, Moonshiners, and Skiffers (Florida History and Culture)

GLEN SIMMONS, LAURA OGDEN

University Press of Florida, 1998

gladesmen and skiffers
it is with great honor that i speak of this book that was wrote by my friend, who lived all his life in the glades. his grandfather was ducan brady the founder of flamingo and his parents were the keepers at waddell grove on cape sable. this book is testimony to the ...

A Paddler's Guide to Everglades National Park

JOHNNY MOLLOY

University Press of Florida, 2000

Don't leave home without it!
As an experienced Everglades paddler who has logged over 400 miles in the Everglades backcountry, I can't say enough about this book. Johnny Molloy has provided a level of detail that is truly extraordinary, and his descriptions of the trails and campsites are dead on ...

Forever Island & Allapattah: A Patrick Smith Reader

Patrick D. Smith

Pineapple Press (FL), 1998

Wonderful book!
Patrick Smith is one of my favorite writers. His ability to transform me from where I am into the middle of the everglades blows me away! I love the history, geography and attention to detail in Forever Island! I must admit the ending did surprise me! Great book, ...

Everglades National Park Florida: Trails Illustrated (National Geographic Maps: Trails Illustrated)

National Geographic

National Geographic, 2001

roads are great, islands have changed
If you need a general overview of the area and the roads, this map is great. If you need a map of the small island keys, then this won't help much as the keys have changed a lot since the last two hurricanes. If you need a map of the island keys, I recommend getting ...