Stolen water : saving the Everglades from its friends, foes, and Florida / W. Hodding Carter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carter, W. Hodding (William Hodding)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Carter, W. Hodding (William Hodding)--Travel--Florida--Everglades.

Carter, W. Hodding.

Carter, W. Hodding (William Hodding).

Wildlife conservation--Florida--Everglades.

Wildlife conservation.

Environmental protection--Florida--Everglades.

Environmental protection.

Travel.

Everglades (Fla.)--Description and travel.

Everglades (Fla.).

Everglades (Fla.)--Environmental conditions.

Florida--Everglades.

Physical Description:

viii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First Atria Books hardcover edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Atria Books, 2004.

Summary:

In December 2000, President Clinton signed into law a $7.8 billion restoration plan for the Everglades that garnered national attention and has since become America's touchstone for environmental issues. Enter W. Hodding Carter, a man already bemused by the state of Florida and determined to see what, if any, progress has been made with the Everglades. For reasons unclear even to him, this amazing, remote, mosquito-infested, hard-to-love region has captured Carter's imagination and won't let go. So, for the past few years, Carter has examined the Everglades from all angles -- social, political, cultural, environmental -- culminating in an ungodly canoe trip through the heart of the Everglades. Always humane, often controversial, and highly readable, Hodding Carter has brought to life this murky, alluring place through his powerful eyewitness account and swampy mishaps. Stolen Water is narrative nonfiction at its best, from one of our most talented and funny writers.

Contents:

Manateeville 1

Go Away, Go Away, Go Away ... 21

Squeezing Periphyton 49

A Rich Mead of Praise 59

A Better Sand Castle 85

Stolen Water 97

Wonking the Wonk 107

A River Runs through Some of It 121

Where's the Ice Cream, Honey? 137

The Battle Against Evapotranspiration 147

Dammed 153

Intermission: Swimming with the Mermaids 163

Something About Sugar 171

Through the Saw Grass 195

The Politician 223

The Ur-Glades 237

I Am Florida 245

The Beginning 255.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-260) and index.

ISBN:

0743474066

OCLC:

55000712