Marjory Saves the Everglades
Title | Marjory Saves the Everglades PDF eBook |
Author | Sandra Neil Wallace |
Publisher | Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books |
Pages | 56 |
Release | 2020-09-22 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1534431543 |
“Vibrant…an ideal starting point for further learning.” —School Library Journal “A lively portrayal of Douglas as a remarkable individual and a significant environmental activist.” —Booklist From acclaimed children’s book biographer Sandra Neil Wallace comes the inspiring and little-known story of Marjory Stoneman Douglas, the remarkable journalist who saved the Florida Everglades from development and ruin. Marjory Stoneman Douglas didn’t intend to write about the Everglades but when she returned to Florida from World War I, she hardly recognized the place that was her home. The Florida that Marjory knew was rapidly disappearing—the rare orchids, magnificent birds, and massive trees disappearing with it. Marjory couldn’t sit back and watch her home be destroyed—she had to do something. Thanks to Marjory, a part of the Everglades became a national park and the first park not created for sightseeing, but for the benefit of animals and plants. Without Marjory, the part of her home that she loved so much would have been destroyed instead of the protected wildlife reserve it has become today.
Marjory Saves the Everglades
Title | Marjory Saves the Everglades PDF eBook |
Author | Sandra Neil Wallace |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 56 |
Release | 2020-09-22 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1534431551 |
“Vibrant…an ideal starting point for further learning.” —School Library Journal “A lively portrayal of Douglas as a remarkable individual and a significant environmental activist.” —Booklist From acclaimed children’s book biographer Sandra Neil Wallace comes the inspiring and little-known story of Marjory Stoneman Douglas, the remarkable journalist who saved the Florida Everglades from development and ruin. Marjory Stoneman Douglas didn’t intend to write about the Everglades but when she returned to Florida from World War I, she hardly recognized the place that was her home. The Florida that Marjory knew was rapidly disappearing—the rare orchids, magnificent birds, and massive trees disappearing with it. Marjory couldn’t sit back and watch her home be destroyed—she had to do something. Thanks to Marjory, a part of the Everglades became a national park and the first park not created for sightseeing, but for the benefit of animals and plants. Without Marjory, the part of her home that she loved so much would have been destroyed instead of the protected wildlife reserve it has become today.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas and the Florida Everglades
Title | Marjory Stoneman Douglas and the Florida Everglades PDF eBook |
Author | Sandra Sammons |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 72 |
Release | 2010-06-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1561648736 |
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. Ages 9-12 Next in series > > See all of the books in this series
A Voice for the Everglades
Title | A Voice for the Everglades PDF eBook |
Author | Vicki Conrad |
Publisher | Albert Whitman & Company |
Pages | 44 |
Release | 2021-10-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0807584959 |
Marjory spoke up for the Everglades—and saved an entire ecosystem. The Florida Everglades are made up of nine different ecosystems supporting an astonishing variety of wildlife—panthers, manatees, snails, frogs, and a rainbow of bird species. But for years, the Everglades were threatened. They needed a voice to speak up for them. Marjory Stoneman Douglas became that voice. Her book "A River of Grass" helped the world see the irreplaceable beauty and value of the Everglades. Marjory's activism led to the creation of a national park and dedicated conservation efforts, and throughout her long life she inspired countless people to use their voices to make a difference.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Title | Marjory Stoneman Douglas PDF eBook |
Author | Jennifer Bryant |
Publisher | Twenty First Century Books |
Pages | 72 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780805021134 |
Traces the life of the woman who became known as the "Grandmother of the Glades" for her fight to preserve the Florida Everglades against misuse and development.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Friend of the Everglades
Title | Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Friend of the Everglades PDF eBook |
Author | Tricia Andryszewski |
Publisher | |
Pages | 52 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9781562943844 |
Tells about the life of an environmentalist who worked for more than sixty years to preserve the Florida Everglades.
The Everglades
Title | The Everglades PDF eBook |
Author | Marjory Stoneman Douglas |
Publisher | Pineapple Press Inc |
Pages | 464 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9781561643943 |
Before 1947, when Marjory Stoneman Douglas named The Everglades a "river of grass," most people considered the area worthless. She brought the world's attention to the need to preserve The Everglades. In the Afterword, Michael Grunwald tells us what has happened to them since then. Grunwald points out that in 1947 the government was in the midst of establishing the Everglades National Park and turning loose the Army Corps of Engineers to control floods--both of which seemed like saviors for the Glades. But neither turned out to be the answer. Working from the research he did for his book, The Swamp, Grunwald offers an account of what went wrong and the many attempts to fix it, beginning with Save Our Everglades, which Douglas declared was "not nearly enough." Grunwald then lays out the intricacies (and inanities) of the more recent and ongoing CERP, the hugely expensive Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan.