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Marjory Stoneman Douglas and the Florida Everglades - (Pineapple Press Biography) by Sandra Sammons (Paperback)

Marjory Stoneman Douglas and the Florida Everglades - (Pineapple Press Biography) by  Sandra Sammons (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Young adult biography of the Florida author and naturalist who wrote Everglades: River of Grass<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Marjory Stoneman Douglas is called "the Grandmother of the Everglades." Read about her life from her childhood up north to her long and inspiring life in south Florida.</p><p>She arrived in Miami in 1915 from her native Massachusetts, happy to be in the tropical warmth. She began to understood the importance of the Everglades, an area most considered a "swamp." She called attention to it with her book <i>The Everglades: River of Grass</i>. During her 108 years, she was a newspaper and magazine journalist as well as book writer. She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her work on the Everglades.</p><p> Ages 9-12</p><p><br>Next in series > ></p><p>See all of the books in this series</p>

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