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Michael Grunwald

The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, And The Politics Of Paradise

the Everglades, Florida, and the politics of paradise

Simon & Schuster (Feb 28, 2006)

9780743251051

| Hardcover

450 pages | 165 x 241 mm | English

$ 27.00 | Value: $ 27.00

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Dewey 975.939

LC Classification F317.E9 .G78 2006

LC Control No. 2005056329

Genre

Non-Fiction

Subject

Drainage - Florida - Everglades
Environmental Protection - Florida - Everglades
Everglades (Fla.) - Environmental Conditions
Everglades (Fla.) - History

Plot

A history of the Everglades traces its emergence from the sea after the last ice age to its modern role as the world's largest ecosystem restoration project, an account marked by such events as Napoleon Bonaparte Borward's 1904 gubernatorial campaign, railroad and agricultural developments by the Army Corps of Engineers, and numerous political challenges. 35,000 first printing.