No one did more than Marjory Stoneman Douglas to transform the Everglades from the countrys most maligned swamp into its most beloved wetland. By the late twentieth century, her name and her classic "The Everglades River of Grass" had become synonymous with Everglades protection. The crusading resolve and boundless energy of this implacable elder won the hearts of an admiring public while confounding her opponentsgrowth merchants intent on having their way with the Everglades. Douglass efforts ultimately earned her a place among a mere handful of individuals honored as a namesake of a national wilderness area.In the first comprehensive biography of Douglas, Jack E. Davis explores the 108year life of this compelling woman. Douglas was more than an environmental activist. She was a suffragist, a lifetime feminist and supporter of the ERA, a champion of social justice, and an author of diverse literary talent. She came of age literally and professionally during the American environmental century, the century in which Americans mobilized an unprecedented popular movement to counter the equally unprecedented liberties they had taken in exploiting, polluting, and destroying the natural world.The Everglades were a living barometer of Americas often tentative shift toward greater environmental responsibility. Reconstructing this larger picture, Davis recounts the shifts in Douglass own life and her instrumental role in four important developments that contributed to Everglades...

Binding: Hardcover;812 pages; Publisher: Longleaf on behalf of Univ of Georgia Pre; Classification: N/A; Weight: 1537.48 g; Dimensions: N/A

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