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Marjory Stoneman Douglas and the Florida Everglades

Marjory Stoneman Douglas and the Florida Everglades - Paperback

by Sandra Sammons
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Availability:In StockContributor:Sandra SammonsSeries:Young Readers (Pineapple Press)Audience:Ages 9-12Publish date:2010-06-01Pages:70
Language:EnglishPublisher:Pineapple PressISBN-13:9781561644711ISBN-10:1561644714UPC:9781561644711Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Biography & AutobiographyBook Topic:Literary, Social Activists, WomenSize:9.08 x 6.06 x 0.23 inchesWeight:0.2712Product ID:SC0CP53DK3

Marjory Stoneman Douglas is called "the Grandmother of the Everglades." Read about her life from her childhood up north to her long and inspiring life in south Florida.

She arrived in Miami in 1915 from her native Massachusetts, happy to be in the tropical warmth. She began to understood the importance of the Everglades, an area most considered a "swamp." She called attention to it with her book The Everglades: River of Grass. During her 108 years, she was a newspaper and magazine journalist as well as book writer. She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her work on the Everglades.

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Language:EnglishPublisher:Pineapple PressISBN-13:9781561644711ISBN-10:1561644714UPC:9781561644711Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Biography & AutobiographyBook Topic:Literary, Social Activists, WomenSize:9.08 x 6.06 x 0.23 inchesWeight:0.2712Product ID:SC0CP53DK3
Sandra Wallus Sammons was for many years a Florida elementary school librarian in Lake County. Learning of the dearth of books on Florida history aimed at fourth graders, she began writing biographies of Floridians who lived fascinating, inspirational lives. She has written all the books in the Pineapple Young Reader Biographies series: Marjory Stoneman Douglas and the Florida Everglades; Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and the Florida Crackers; The Two Henrys: Henry Plant and Henry Flagler and Their Railroad; Henry Flagler, Builder of Florida; Ponce de Leon and the Discovery of Florida; Zora Neale Hurston: Wrapped in Rainbows; and John and William Bartram: Travelers in Early America.
Publisher: Pineapple Press

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