The_Everglades:_River_of_Grass
The Everglades: River of Grass
1947 Non-fiction book by Marjory Stoneman Douglas
The Everglades: River of Grass is a non-fiction book written by Marjory Stoneman Douglas in 1947. Published the same year as the formal opening of Everglades National Park, the book was a call to attention about the degrading quality of life in the Everglades and remains an influential book on nature conservation as well as a reference for information on South Florida. It was used as recently as 2007 by The New York Times.[1]