Nine Florida Stories by Marjory Stoneman Douglas (Florida Sand Dollar Books)

"A collection of tales boiling with real estate dealers, egret poachers, rumrunners, mango growers, sportsmen, land grubbers, murderers, and mosquitoes. First printed in The Saturday Evening Post during the 1920s, '30s, and '40s, these stories constitute a rip-snorting glimpse back to a South Florida that now exists only in memory."--Miami Herald
"Reflects the same concerns found in her better-known non-fiction work--a fascination with the beauty of Florida and a warning against its imminent destruction."--Tallahassee Democrat
The subjects that would fire Marjory Stoneman Douglas’s enthusiasm for the rest of her life first appeared in her short fiction published in the 1920s. Florida’s most celebrated environmentalist, the author of The Everglades: River of Grass, wrote even then about protecting South Florida’s fragile ecosystem and the state’s endangered species, about the dangers of short-sighted land development, and about Florida history. The nine stories in this first collection take place in a scattering of South Florida settings--Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, the Tamiami Trail, the Keys, the Everglades—and reveal the drama of hurricanes and plane crashes, of kidnappers, escaped convicts, and smugglers. Editor Kevin McCarthy relates each story to Douglas’s life and points out the autobiographical touches which surface frequently in her stories.

Literature & Fiction

Marjory Stoneman Douglas

United States

University Press of Florida

A commentary on the present and threatened future of the Everglades.

The Everglades: River Of Grass

History

Americas

Mockingbird Books

America's Unique Natural Treasure. Florida natural phenomenon, river seventy miles wide flowing through saw grass to the sea.

The Everglades: River of Grass

The Everglades

Pineapple Pr

This Land Is Your Land 2023 Wall Calendar: Celebrating Our National Parks, Monuments, and Public Lands | 12" x 24" Open | Amber Lotus Publishing

Calendars

Amber Lotus Publishing

Greg Vaughn

Jim Brandenburg

Wendell Berry

Doug Shearer

Dr. Sylvia Earle

Arts

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