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Many may not realize that the Everglades National Park is cut off from the water that gives it life. Its ecosystem begins well above the park's boundary, extending more than three hundred miles from the Kissimmee River (near Tampa and Orlando) southward through Florida Bay. It is the most endangered ecosystem in North America. The Book of the Everglades is a story of how much was changed when the vast river of grass was drained and converted to agriculture, its natural plumbing channeled so that nearby towns and farms would be protected from flood and saved in drought. It's a story of how one of North America's largest freshwater lakes ended up with a moat around it. A story of the sugar barons who were kicked out of Cuba and settled in what is now known as the Everglades Agricultural Area. A story of the largest subdivision in the world, platted on drained wetlands. A story of the soil that is no longer replenished and gives way at the rate of one foot every ten years. It is a story told by writers who know how to tell a story, and who convey the workings of the entire Everglades ecosystem and the impact of its inhabitants. ... Publisher description.;The Everglades : an ecology in five parts / Susan Cerulean & Jono Miller -- The river and the plain / Archie Carr -- Two hunters / Betty Mae Jumper -- Welcome to Dike Okeechobee / Julie Hauserman -- Lost gourds and spent soils on the shores of Okeechobee / Gary Paul Nabhan -- The sweet hereafter : our craving for sugar starves the Everglades and fattens politicians / Paul Roberts -- Losing ground: soil subsidence in the Everglades / Juanita Greene -- Everglades National Park fiftieth anniversary : homage to a magical place / Carl Hiaasen -- The corn lady / Betty Mae Jumper -- A culture endangered / Jeff Klinkenberg -- This path don't lead to Miami : Everglades treks of the 1800s / Jan Godown -- The stork and the sparrow / Don Stap -- Straws in a swimming pool / Michele Hatton -- Putting down roots : exotics in the Everglades / Sharon Rauch -- Path of the panther / Charles Fergus -- A green hell / Susan Orlean -- The lightning bug and the moth / Jono Miller -- The most valuable bird / Susan Diane Jewett -- The last days of Florida Bay / Carl Hiaasen -- Saving our tails / June Wiaz -- A snail's race / Renée Ripple -- A call for restoration / Paul N. Gray -- Prayer for the Everglades / Lola Haskins.