Michael Grunwald, a prize-winning national reporter for The Washington Post, takes readers on a riveting journey from the Ice Ages to the present, illuminating the natural, social and political history of one of America's most beguiling but least understood patches of land. The Swamp is the stunning story of the destruction and possible resurrection of the Everglades, the saga of man's abuse of nature in southern Florida and his unprecedented efforts to make amends. Now it is revered as a national treasure, and Americans have launched the largest environmental project in history to try to save it. The Everglades i n southern Florida were once reviled as a liquid wasteland, and Americans dreamed of draining it. “Brilliant.” - The Washington Post Book World * “Magnificent.” - The Palm Beach Post * “Rich in history yet urgently relevant to current events.” - The New Republic
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