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- Release Year
- 2007
- ISBN
- 9780743251075
- Book Title
- Swamp : the Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise
- Item Length
- 8.4in
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1in
- Genre
- Nature, Science, History, Political Science
- Topic
- Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Ecosystems & Habitats / Lakes, Ponds & Swamps, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), United States / General, Natural Resources, American Government / State
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Item Weight
- 15.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 480 Pages
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"Brilliant." -- The Washington Post Book World * "Magnificent." -- The Palm Beach Post * "Rich in history yet urgently relevant to current events." -- The New Republic The Everglades i n southern Florida were once reviled as a liquid wasteland, and Americans dreamed of draining it. Now it is revered as a national treasure, and Americans have launched the largest environmental project in history to try to save it. The Swamp is the stunning story of the destruction and possible resurrection of the Everglades, the saga of man's abuse of nature in southern Florida and his unprecedented efforts to make amends. Michael Grunwald, a prize-winning national reporter for The Washington Post , takes readers on a riveting journey from the Ice Ages to the present, illuminating the natural, social and political history of one of America's most beguiling but least understood patches of land. The Everglades was America's last frontier, a wild country long after the West was won. Grunwald chronicles how a series of visionaries tried to drain and "reclaim" it, and how Mother Nature refused to bend to their will; in the most harrowing tale, a 1928 hurricane drowned 2,500 people in the Everglades. But the Army Corps of Engineers finally tamed the beast with levees and canals, converting half the Everglades into sprawling suburbs and sugar plantations. And though the southern Everglades was preserved as a national park, it soon deteriorated into an ecological mess. The River of Grass stopped flowing, and 90 percent of its wading birds vanished. Now America wants its swamp back. Grunwald shows how a new breed of visionaries transformed Everglades politics, producing the $8 billion rescue plan. That plan is already the blueprint for a new worldwide era of ecosystem restoration. And this book is a cautionary tale for that era. Through gripping narrative and dogged reporting, Grunwald shows how the Everglades is still threatened by the same hubris, greed and well-intentioned folly that led to its decline.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
0743251075
ISBN-13
9780743251075
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57152535
Product Key Features
Book Title
Swamp : the Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Ecosystems & Habitats / Lakes, Ponds & Swamps, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), United States / General, Natural Resources, American Government / State
Publication Year
2007
Genre
Nature, Science, History, Political Science
Number of Pages
480 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.4in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
15.2 Oz
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"A grand, violent, picaresque history...This book serves up 500 years of bloody, mostly foolish, rarely noble, but always entertaining human antics." -- Guy Martin,The New York Times Book Review, "This is a wonderfully written, provocative and important book. It combines history and investigative journalism to explore not only the Everglades but the larger tensions of a society's relationship with the environment. It's also a riveting story, the definitive account of south Florida's incredible journey from natural marshland to man-made megalopolis. There are many lessons here, and in the wake of Katrina it's time we learned them." -- John Barry, author of Rising Tide and The Great Influenza, "This is a wonderfully written, provocative, and important book. It combines history and investigative journalism to explore not only the Everglades but the larger tensions of a society's relationship with the environment. It's also a riveting story, the definitive account of south Florida's incredible journey from marshland to man-made megalopolis."-- John Barry, author ofRising TideandThe Great Influenza, "A grand, violent, picaresque history...This book serves up 500 years of bloody, mostly foolish, rarely noble, but always entertaining human antics." -- Guy Martin, The New York Times Book Review, "This is a wonderfully written, provocative, and important book. It combines history and investigative journalism to explore not only the Everglades but the larger tensions of a society's relationship with the environment. It's also a riveting story, the definitive account of south Florida's incredible journey from marshland to man-made megalopolis." -- John Barry, author ofRising TideandThe Great Influenza, Mr. Grunwald, a terrific writer, moves along at a cracking pace." -- William Grimes, The New York Times, "Magnificent...This definitive history reads as quickly as a good magazine article."-- Michael Browning,The Palm Beach Post, "A superb narrative...Grunwald writes with verve and wit."-- David Fleshler,South Florida Sun-Sentinel, "Michael Grunwald is tough and clear-eyed and writes like a dream. Here, in The Swamp , he has found the perfect story -- man's long struggle between destruction and salvation, played out in the Everglades of Florida. With its interwoven threads of history, science, politics and biography, Grunwald's work has brought a beautiful, dying place to life as never before." -- David Maraniss, author of They Marched into Sunlight and When Pride Still Mattered, "A superb narrative...Grunwald writes with verve and wit." -- David Fleshler, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, "This is a wonderfully written, provocative, and important book. It combines history and investigative journalism to explore not only the Everglades but the larger tensions of a society's relationship with the environment. It's also a riveting story, the definitive account of south Florida's incredible journey from marshland to man-made megalopolis." -- John Barry, author of Rising Tide and The Great Influenza, "Grunwald blends exhaustive research and superlative prose into a book as valuable as a week in Fort Lauderdale, at one-hundredth the price." -- Andy Solomon, The Boston Globe, "Grunwald blends exhaustive research and superlative prose into a book as valuable as a week in Fort Lauderdale, at one-hundredth the price."-- Andy Solomon,The Boston Globe, "Magnificent...This definitive history reads as quickly as a good magazine article." -- Michael Browning,The Palm Beach Post, Mr. Grunwald, a terrific writer, moves along at a cracking pace."-- William Grimes,The New York Times, " The Swamp is the best thing I've ever read about the Everglades. The story of what's happened to this haunted and magical wilderness has the epic ingredients of a great novel -- greed, betrayal, carnage, and valor -- and Michael Grunwald has beautifully captured it all for history." -- Carl Hiaasen, "A grand, violent, picaresque history...This book serves up 500 years of bloody, mostly foolish, rarely noble, but always entertaining human antics."-- Guy Martin,The New York Times Book Review, "The Swampis the best thing I've ever read about the Everglades. The story of what's happened to this haunted and magical wilderness has the epic ingredients of a great novel -- greed, betrayal, carnage, and valor -- and Michael Grunwald has beautifully captured it all for history." -- Carl Hiaasen, "A superb narrative...Grunwald writes with verve and wit." -- David Fleshler,South Florida Sun-Sentinel, "The Swamp is a tremendous book -- impressive in scope, well researched and well written, rich in history yet urgently relevant to current events." -- Gregg Easterbrook, The New Republic, Mr. Grunwald, a terrific writer, moves along at a cracking pace." -- William Grimes,The New York Times, "Michael Grunwald digs deep and writes smart. The dying Everglades hasn't had a livelier or more compelling witness since Marjory Stoneman Douglas. The Swamp will sit cover to cover with her classic The Everglades: River of Grass on history's bookshelf." -- John Rothchild, author of Up for Grabs: A Trip Through Time and Space in the Sunshine State and A Fool and His Money, "In The Swamp , Michael Grunwald has produced a masterly narrative, a story of ambition and greed in the Everglades that is rich with character, entertainment and revelation. This is a quintessential chapter of American history and also an urgently important work of contemporary journalism." -- Steve Coll, author of Ghost Wars, "The Swampis the best thing I've ever read about the Everglades. The story of what's happened to this haunted and magical wilderness has the epic ingredients of a great novel -- greed, betrayal, carnage, and valor -- and Michael Grunwald has beautifully captured it all for history."-- Carl Hiaasen, "The Swamp is a tremendous book -- impressive in scope, well researched and well written, rich in history yet urgently relevant to current events."-- Gregg Easterbrook,The New Republic, "The Swamp is a tremendous book -- impressive in scope, well researched and well written, rich in history yet urgently relevant to current events." -- Gregg Easterbrook,The New Republic, "Magnificent...This definitive history reads as quickly as a good magazine article." -- Michael Browning, The Palm Beach Post, "Grunwald blends exhaustive research and superlative prose into a book as valuable as a week in Fort Lauderdale, at one-hundredth the price." -- Andy Solomon,The Boston Globe
Copyright Date
2007
Dewey Decimal
975.9/39
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22
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