Escape to the Everglades
by Edwina Raffa and Annelle
Rigsby. Hardcover, 112 pgs, Pineapple Press Publishing, 2006.
“Edwina Raffa and Annelle Rigsby have used the drama of Osceola’s capture to highlight the moral dilemmas of the Second Seminole War. By following the protagonist, Will Cypress, as he chooses sides in the war, young readers get a personal view of a conflict that tore Florida apart for seven years and changed the history of the state forever.” –James Cusick, Curator, P.K. Yonge Library of Florida History, University of Florida
This book is appropriate for students/young readers.