| Author/Contributor(s): | Sammons, Sandra |
| Publisher: | Pineapple Press |
| Date: | 6/1/2010 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
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 The Everglades: River of Grass. 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.
Ages 9-12
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