![]() | An Everglades Providence: Marjory Stoneman Douglas and the American Environmental Century Subjects: Douglas Marjory Stoneman; Conservationists -- Florida -- Biography; Feminists -- United States -- Biography; Authors American -- 20th century -- Biography; Nature conservation -- Florida -- Everglades -- History; Environmental degradation -- Florida --; No one did more than Marjory Stoneman Douglas to transform the Everglades from the country's most maligned swamp into its most beloved wetland. By the late twentieth century, her name and her classic The Everglades: River of Grass had become synonymous with Everglades protection. The crusading resolve and boundless energy of this implacable elder won the hearts of an admiring public while confounding her opponents--growth merchants intent on having their way with the Everglades. Douglas's efforts ultimately earned her a place among a mere handful of individuals honored as a namesake of a national wilderness area. 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. (Bowker Author Biography) |
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