The Everglades: River of Grass 50th
Anniv. Edition
by Marjory Stoneman Douglas. Hardcover, 478 pgs, Pineapple Press Publishing, 1997.
Before 1947, when Marjory Stoneman Douglas named the Everglades a “river of grass,” most people considered the area a worthless swamp. She brought the world’s attention to the need to preserve the Everglades as the unique and magnificent place that it is.