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The Swamp
The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise  
By Michael Grunwald
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Table of Contents

Contents

Introduction: "A Treasure for Our Country"

Part One The Natural Everglades

1 Grassy Water

2 The Intruders

3 Quagmire

4 A New Vision

5 Drainage Gets Railroaded

Part Two Draining the Everglades

6 The Reclamation of a Kingly Domain

7 The Father of South Florida

8 Protect the Birds

9 "Water Will Run Downhill!"

10 Land by the Gallon

11 Nature's Revenge

12 "Everglades Permanence Now Assured"

13 Taming the Everglades

Part Three Restoring the Everglades

14 Making Peace with Nature

15 Repairing the Everglades

16 Something in the Water

17 Something for Everyone

18 Endgame

Epilogue: The Future of the Everglades

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index