Marjory Stoneman Douglas and the Florida Everglades

by Sandra Sammons

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1561644714
• ISBN13: 9781561644711
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Pineapple Press
• Length: 70 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 3 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 12