Everglades Patrol

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Synopsis
As law enforcement officer and game manager for the Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Lt. Tom Shirley was the law in one of the last true frontiers in the nation--the Florida Everglades.In Everglades Patrol, Shirley shares the stories from his beat--an ecosystem larger than the state of Rhode Island. His vivid narrative includes dangerous tales of hunting down rogue gladesmen and gators and airboat chases through the wetlands in search of illegal hunters and moonshiners.During his thirty-year career (1955-1985), Shirley saw the Glades go from frontier wilderness to "ruination" at the hands of the Army Corps of Engineers. He watched as dikes cut off the water flow and controlled floods submerged islands that had supported man and animals for 3,000 years, killing much of the wildlife he was sworn to protect.
Copyright:
2012

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9780813042770
Related ISBNs:
9780813064888, 9780813041919
Publisher:
University Press of Florida
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Tom Shirley
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Outdoors and Nature, Earth Sciences, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics
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Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.

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