Crackers in the Glade: Life and Times in the Old Everglades [Hardcover]

Rob Storter (Author), Betty S. Briggs (Editor), Peter Matthiessen (Foreword)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press (May 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0820320668
• ISBN-13: 978-0820320663
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 8.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #743,982 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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33 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Knowing Captain Rob, April 27, 2000

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Charles Mochow - See all my reviews

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I have not had the opportunity to meet Peter Mathiessen, but I could relate to his mention of sitting and listening to Captain Rob's tales, because I, too, have had that privilege. The book, Cracker in the Glade, is a collection of his ledger and it is written in his conversational tone. It is a recount of how Captain Rob saw the evolution of the growth in population in south Florida and the consequential degredation of the environment as he knew it. He is not judgmental in his description, rather it is matter of fact. Just as he viewed the hardships of living in Florida in the early 1900's as matter of fact. The reader is left with the sense that he knows the history of the Collier County area, and the inhabitants that endured the hardships together. While they were separate families with their own trials, they were one as a family of pioneers in area that was as rife with dangers as it was beautiful in the pristene sense of the tropical paradise. Betty Briggs is to be complimented for her sharing of her grandfather with the rest of us, so that we, too can know the adventures and evolution of this part of the Everglades.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars they lived here before the park, December 3, 2003

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Alvin Maurice Lederer "alvininnaples" ([e-mail]) - See all my reviews
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capt. rob storter never owned a camera, so when he wasn't fishing or working on a boat he drew or painted pictures and wrote a note netx to it telling about the scene. this book was compiled with those photo's and drawings by my friend betty briggs savage, the granddaughter of capt. rob. it is a testament to hardships of the mullet fishermen, local hunters and the women that lived in a time before manatee and wake zones fishing & hunting permits and the park put an end to a much better way of life. is a look at south florida before it was all gone and told by a man that lived it. thank's robert

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tears in my eyes, November 17, 2006

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Louisa Clemmer "Soliloquy girl" (Jonesborough, TN) - See all my reviews
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I remember and you will remember the Naples of long ago. Just looking at the pictures in this wonderful book brought tears to my eyes. A real treasure of a book for anyone who lived in and loved Naples in it's early days. My father, Ted Brack, was also a native coming to Naples in 1923. A treasure too for those who want to know the early beginnings of a fabulous city today.