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Stolen Water: Saving the Everglades from Its Friends, Foes, and Florida
Contributor(s): Carter, W. Hodding (Author)

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ISBN: 0743474074     ISBN-13: 9780743474078
Publisher: Atria Books
OUR PRICE: $18.95  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: July 2005
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Annotation: Hunter S. Thompson meets Bill Bryson on this wild and wacky journey through America's most controversial wilderness: the Everglades.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection - General
- Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental)
- Nature | Ecosystems & Habitats - Lakes, Ponds & Swamps
Dewey: 917.593
Physical Information: 0.72" H x 5.56" W x 8.53" L (0.80 lbs) 288 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - South Atlantic
- Cultural Region - Southeast U.S.
- Geographic Orientation - Florida
- Topical - Ecology
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents
 
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Publisher Description:
When the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan went into effect during the Clinton administration, Florida's great grassy wilderness garnered a host of national attention -- and has since become a breeding ground for environmental dispute. What does it take to save a forest? How can it be preserved?
Enter W. Hodding Carter. For an Outside magazine feature he's agreed to paddle the ninety-nine-mile waterway in Everglades National Park to examine the landscape from all angles -- physical, political, cultural, and very personal -- and get to the rock-bottom heart of the story. Stolen Water is the outgrowth of Carter's journey.
Through investigative research, eyewitness accounts, and interviews with key players in the conservation controversy, Carter offers a rare portrait of a national treasure. Utterly important, and at times downright hilarious, Stolen Water is a classic American adventure tale, and an environmental parable for our time.

Contributor Bio(s): Carter, W. Hodding: - W. Hodding Carter has written for several national magazines, including Esquire, Smithsonian, Newsweek, and Outside. The author of Westward Whoa, A Viking Voyage, and An Illustrated Viking Voyage, he lives with his family in Rockport, Maine.
 
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