The Everglades: River of Grass.
DOUGLAS, Marjory Stoneman.
The Everglades: River of Grass.
"There are no other Everglades in the world": Marjory Stoneman Douglas' The Everglades: River of Grass; inscribed by her
Sarasota, Florida: Pineapple Press, 1988.
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Revised edition of this environmental classic and foundational text in American conservation literature about the Everglades, forty years later. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth boards, cartographic endpapers, with black and white illustrations. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the verso of the front free endpaper, “To Karen with best wishes Marjory Stoneman Douglas.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Robert Fink. Jacket design by Frank Cochrane Associates based on a original drawing by Robert Fink.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas was a journalist, author, women’s suffrage advocate, and conservationist known for her staunch defense of the Everglades against efforts to drain it and reclaim land for development. She lived to 108, working until nearly the end of her life for Everglades restoration. Upon her death, The Independent stated, “In the history of the American environmental movement, there have been few more remarkable figures than Marjory Stoneman Douglas.”
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