| Alligator Crossing Contributor(s): Douglas, Marjory Stoneman (Author), Stoneman Douglas, Marjory (Author), Nicholson, Trudy (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1571316442 ISBN-13: 9781571316448 Publisher: Milkweed Editions OUR PRICE: $7.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2003 Annotation: Henry Bunks lives in crowded Miami in the 1950s. A nearby canal -- an entrance to what will become the Florida Everglades -- provides respite from his chaotic life in an uncaring family. Henry meets and befriends an alligator hunter and stows away on his boat. The hunter, an enigmatic character, is at once an outlaw and a father figure to Henry. In the watery wilderness, the man and boy meet a wildlife photographer, a botanist, and a park ranger, and Henry is thrust into a race to save a human life. First published in 1959, this story combines great adventure with a boy's first experience of adults who are neither totally bad nor totally noble. Alligator Crossing is a rediscovered classic by Marjory Stoneman Douglas, known as the "Savior of the Everglades." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Blended Families - Juvenile Fiction | Science & Nature - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2002151110 |
| Physical Information: 0.61" H x 5.32" W x 8.02" (0.56 lbs) 210 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Florida |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: - Review attention focusing on the 25th anniversary of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Wilderness |