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Florida the Long Frontier by Marjorie Stoneman Douglas
Once again Marjorie Stoneman Douglas does a monumental study and story on her home state of Florida. She provides us a rich new view of Florida here in this much overlooked and under appreciated book. Book has a beautiful jacket Illustration as well as front and back panel Illustrations........highly recommended for any lover of this state. ... Read more

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In the 1840s, as Florida prepares to become a state, an Indian boy, black slave, and white settler become friends and explore their differences and common bonds. ... Read more

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Chapters: Soong May-Ling, Madeleine Albright, Ali Macgraw, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Rosalind E. Krauss, Desirée Rogers, Cokie Roberts, Diane Sawyer, Carol Bly, Diane Ravitch, List of Wellesley College People, Katharine Lee Bates, Michelle Ye, Cathy Song, Rosario Ferré, Elizabeth Parr-Johnston, Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, Nora Ephron, Elisabeth Shue, Leila Daw, Heather Higgins, Helen Barrett Montgomery, Marilyn Silverstone, Amanda Burden, Jocelyn Benson, Phyllis Curtin, Jean Kilbourne, Marion K. Sanders, Judith Krantz, Nikki Finke, Nannerl O. Keohane, Kimberly Dozier, Asma Gull Hasan, Annie Jump Cannon, Mary Rockwell Hook, Ruth Rowland Nichols, Susan Estrich, Jean Merrill, Virginia Abernethy, Charlotte Anita Whitney, Ellen Segal Huvelle, Pamela Melroy, Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, Wilma Chan, Lisa Kleypas, Ayesha Jalal, Diana Chapman Walsh, Patricia Bizzell, Judith Martin, Susan P. Graber, Bertha Adkins, Patricia Zipprodt, Alice Stewart Trillin, Mary Cunningham Agee, Mary Dewson, Angelina Weld Grimké, Carolyn Dykema, Santha Rama Rau, Judith Goslin Hall, Marjorie Grene, Barbara Babcock, Reetika Vazirani, Abigail Garner, Robin Chase, Alex Finlayson, Mary Lefkowitz, Debra Chasnoff, Bing Xin, Nayantara Sahgal, Anne W. Patterson, Nancy Friday, Jane Bolin, Anita Berrizbeitia, Michele Moody-Adams, Isabel Bassett Wasson, Molly Bang, Jo Duffy, Linda Wertheimer, Muriel Gardiner, Naomi Weisstein, Barbara Lea, Mary V. Mochary, Janath R. Cannon, Shirlee Taylor Haizlip, Colette Flesch, Frances D. Fergusson, Carolina Barco, Jane Langton, Norma Farber, Martha Ronk, Amalya Lyle Kearse, Wendy Lee Gramm, Harriet Adams, Sophonisba Breckinridge, Katie Johnson, Ophelia Dahl, Rebecca Lancefield, Henrietta H. Fore, Ann Zwinger, Reena Raggi, Vanessa Ruiz, Claudia Lauper Bushman, Diane Mott Davidson, Sandra Lynch, Wendy Liebman, Margaret Henderson Floyd, Jennifer Vanasco, Aurelia Harwood, Farahnaz Ispahani, Eleanor Raymond, Mildred Savage,...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=5043192 ... Read more

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Word Count 294, 8 pages ... Read more

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Chapters: Zora Neale Hurston, Carl Hiaasen, Dave Barry, Piers Anthony, Patricia Cornwell, Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Jim Morrison, Mary Mcleod Bethune, Charles Willeford, John Hersey, Michael Connelly, Shelby Foote, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Alfred Webre, Robert Olen Butler, John D. Macdonald, Philip Wylie, James Weldon Johnson, Elmore Leonard, Joe Haldeman, Charles H. Baker, Jr., Elaine Viets, James Grippando, Lillian Smith, Cem Kaner, Lois Duncan, Jesse Lee Kercheval, Kendra Todd, David Fairchild, Randy Wayne White, John Wallace, Joy Williams, Donald J. Sobol, Greg Dean Schmitz, David Kirby, Wally Amos, Enid Shomer, Lee Hoffman, Chris Kuzneski, Kirk Munroe, Wayne Besen, Tina Wainscott, Kathleen Parker, Janny Wurts, Harry Crews, Frank G. Slaughter, Susan Mitchell, Michael Solomon, Jeffrey Shaara, Theodore Pratt, Les Brown, Lester Goran, Tarell Alvin Mccraney, Edward Bloor, Tim Dorsey, Clint Johnson, S. L. Viehl, Richard Foerster, Frank Giampietro, Linda Crockett, James Reese, David Mccheyne Newell, Judith Moore, John Willis Menard, Wes Demott, Charlie Carlson, Patricia Lieb, Robert Graysmith, Kristin Harmel, Carolina Garcia-Aguilera, Kyle Minor, Harry Whittington, Nancy Yi Fan, Patrick D. Smith, Tony Simmons, James Brock, Thomas Sanchez, Jo Jo Harder, Charles Martin, Robert Tacoma, Tom Corcoran, Rebecca Greer, Aaron Louis Tordini, William Tester, Mark Derr, Michelle Kaufman. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 409. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Marjory Stoneman Douglas (April 7, 1890 May 14, 1998) was an American journalist, writer, feminist, and environmentalist known for her staunch defense of the Everglades against efforts to drain it and reclaim land for development. Moving to Miami as a young woman to work for The Miami Herald, Douglas became a freelance writer, producing over...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=287938 ... Read more

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Presents the life and career of the environmentalist who has crusaded to preserve the Florida Everglades. ... Read more