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The Everglades

Stories of Grit and Spirit from the Mangrove Wilderness
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Everglades National Park's mangrove ecosystem, extending over 230,000 acres of south Florida, is the most expansive in the western hemisphere and the largest continuous system of mangroves in the world. Most of this mangrove area is remote, accessible only by boat, complex and difficult to navigate. In Out There: Voices from the Everglades Mangrove Wilderness, we hear 21 stories from people who have ventured into this wilderness-for scientific work, artistic work, search-and-rescue missions, for personal renewal, or for the pure adventure of it. They tell stories of manatee rescue, shark encounters, storms and strandings, stories of environmental value and threat, wild beauty, personal enchantment and spirit. Together these stories reveal a world beyond the reach of most travelers. They also offer support and offer enticement to the intrepid few who may venture "out there" and return with stories of their own.
Anne McCrary Sullivan Anne is an avid paddler, Florida Master Naturalist, Professor Emeritus of Interdisciplinary Studies (NLU), Fulbright Scholar, and former Poetry Editor of the English Journal. Her book publications are Ecology II: Throat Song from the Everglades (WordTech Editions, 2009) and, with Holly Genzen, Paddling the Everglades Wilderness Waterway (Menasha Ridge Press, 2011). She has articles, chapters and poems in many publications including the Harvard Educational Review. She holds an MFA in Poetry from Warren Wilson College and a PhD in English Education from the University of Florida. Holly Genzen Holly is a Florida Master Naturalist and an outdoor education specialist. She has a Masters in Outdoor Education and a PhD in Educational Administration. In 1995 she took a year's sabbatical from teaching 5th grade to do a solo thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail. During the past decade she has focused her attention on the water wilderness areas of south Florida and has co-written a guidebook for the Everglades Wilderness Waterway, an effort that required extensive research into the social and natural history of the area (Paddling the Everglades Wilderness Waterway, Menasha Ridge Press, 2011).
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