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An Everglades Providence

Marjory Stoneman Douglas and the American Environmental Century

An Everglades Providence( )
Author: Davis, Jack E.
Series edited by: Sutter, Paul S.
Series title:Environmental History and the American South Ser.
ISBN:978-0-8203-4623-6
Publication Date:May 2013
Publisher:University of Georgia Press
Book Format:Digital (delivered electronically)
List Price:USD $34.95USD $32.95
Book Description:

No one did more than Marjory Stoneman Douglas to transform the Everglades from the country's most maligned swamp into its most beloved wetland. In the first comprehensive biography of Douglas, Davis explores the 108-year life of this compelling woman, who was an environmental activist, a lifetime feminist, and an author of diverse literary talent.

Author Biography
Davis, Jack E. (Author)
Jack E. Davis was born on July 13, 1956. He received bachelor's and master's degree from the University of South Florida and a Ph.D. from Brandeis University. He taught at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, the University of Jordan, and Eckerd College. He is currently a professor at the University of Florida.

He has written several books including Race Against Time: Culture and Separation in Natchez Since 1930, which won the Charles S. Sydnor Prize for the best book in southern history, and The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea, which won the Kirkus Prize and the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for history. He also edited three anthologies and a collection of writings by Marjory Stoneman Douglas.

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