Book ID: 75919
McCally, David
The Everglades: an environmental history. 1999. illus. XXII, 215 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
This book addresses the general reader. Chapter headings: A ChangingLandscape (Rock, Water, Fire, The Mature System)/ Changing Peoples(Paleo and Archaic Indians, the Calusa, The Spanish)/ The DerelictLand (The Making of a Derelict Land 1513-1714, The Custard AppleSwamp, The Everglades Through, The Miami Rocklands, The MangroveFringe, The derelict System)/ Drainage/ Drainage Reconsidered andPioneer Settlement, 1912-1924/ Perfecting the Developmental System/The Fruits of Development.