Camp-Fires of the Everglades: Or Wild Sports in the South Contributor(s): Whitehead, Charles E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813010950 ISBN-13: 9780813010953 Publisher: University Press of Florida OUR PRICE: $12.30 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 1991 Annotation: These charming tales of Florida in the early nineteenth century were brought to the attention of the University of Florida Press by the late Archie Carr, Florida's preeminent naturalist, who believed they evoked a place, a time, and a way of life that belonged in print again. The Florida peninsula in the 1830s was covered by flatwoods, swamps of giant cypress, and hammocks of cabbage palm and live oak trees. The land teemed with panther, black bear, wild hogs, and white ibis. Writing with clarity and elegance, Whitehead weaves his descriptions of this landscape into an old-fashioned, hair-raising adventure story. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Hunting - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - Sports & Recreation | History |
Dewey: 975.939 |
LCCN: 91000095 |
Series: Florida Sand Dollar Book |
Physical Information: 0.84" H x 5.94" W x 8.97" (0.90 lbs) 281 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Florida |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: "Whitehead, a wealthy New York attorney and avid sportsman, recounts an 1830s hunting expedition to Florida in this captivating reissue of a volume originally published in 1860. Whitehead recounts bear and turkey hunts, a panther that is caught in a pig pen, an Indian attack on a lighthouse, and various encounters with Florida pioneers. A vivid and, according to biologist Lovett Williams who provides the introduction, largely accurate depiction of a long-vanished Florida. "--Tampa Tribune-Times Brought to the attention of UPF by the late Archie Carr, this sportsman's memoir of the Florida peninsula in the nineteenth century is a series of charming tales about hunting expeditions along the cracker frontier. |