Everglades River of Grass 60th Anniversary Edition [Hardcover]

Marjory Stoneman Douglas (Author), Robert Fink (Illustrator), Michael Grunwald (Afterword)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 3, 2007

Updated and revised for the 60th Anniversary. New afterword by Michael Grunwald, author of The Swamp.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 447 pages
• Publisher: Pineapple Pr; 60 Anv edition (September 3, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1561643947
• ISBN-13: 978-1561643943
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.8 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #176,073 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #61 in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Nature Travel > Ecotourism

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great Book - Still Relavant, May 3, 2011

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This review is from: Everglades River of Grass 60th Anniversary Edition (Hardcover)

While the writing style is a little flowery, the content and the message are excellent and the afterword brings it up to date.

5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Florida's environmental Jiminy Cricket, March 18, 2009

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C. Pittman (St. Pete, Fla) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Everglades River of Grass 60th Anniversary Edition (Hardcover)

When activist Joe Browder was trying to round up people to fight a proposed jetport in the Everglades, one of the people he approached was Marjory Stoneman Douglas, whose 1947 bestseller Everglades: River
of Grass had first brought the state's most famous marsh to a national audience. But she demurred. Nobody would listen to some half-blind old lady, the 78-year-old writer said. People only pay attention to organizations.

"Well," Browder retorted, "why don't you start an organization?"

So she did, founding Friends of the Everglades with dues of $1 a year so anyone could join. Douglas not only denounced the jetport, she transformed herself into Florida's environmental conscience. She spent the next 30 years--until her death at 108--fearlessly confronting local, state, and federal officials, wagging her finger at them like Jiminy Cricket in a floppy garden club hat.

Her work stands as an environmental classic par excellence. For a look at Florida's current environmental woes, check out Paving Paradise: Florida's Vanishing Wetlands and the Failure of No Net Loss (Florida History and Culture)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful book to learn about the Everglades, June 19, 2008

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Lillian G. Silva "Butterfly Fairy" (Boca Raton, Florida) - See all my reviews
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Although there are no photos, this is an excellent table book to read and share with guests visiting Florida. It has wonderful history notes on the Everglades.