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Death in the Everglades : accidents, foolhardiness, and mayhem in South Florida
- Title
- Death in the Everglades : accidents, foolhardiness, and mayhem in South Florida / Randi Minetor.
- Author
- Minetor, Randi
- Publication
- Essex, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2022]
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Details
- Description
- xxi, 259 pages : maps (black and white); 23 cm
- Summary
- "Hidden in the tall grasses and shallow waters of the Florida Everglades are true tales of mysterious deaths, clandestine crime, and disasters, both natural and manmade. Desperados fled here after escaping from prison, rum runners gunned down their enemies, and killers slipped their prey into canals as food for reptilian wildlife. Commercial airlines crashed and burned in the sawgrass, while smaller planes vanished from view. Hurricanes tore through the region, forcing Lake Okeechobee to overrun its banks and wipe out entire towns. And every once in a while, an alligator made someone its lunch. Collected here are some of the most gripping accounts in Everglades history, caused by natural forces, crime, operator error, or human folly"--
- Subject
- 1900-2099
- Violent deaths > Florida > Everglades > History > 20th century > Popular works
- Violent deaths > Florida > Everglades > History > 21st century > Popular works
- Violent deaths > Florida, South > History > 20th century > Popular works
- Violent deaths > Florida, South > History > 21st century > Popular works
- Violent deaths
- Florida > Everglades
- South Florida
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Popular works.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- It's not what you think -- The desperado of Chatham Bend -- Plumage to die for -- The murderous king of the Everglades -- Hurricanes with no names: 1926 and 1928 -- Running rum: death of a police chief -- Unintended consequence: deaths on Tamiami Trail -- Murder of a moonshiner -- Commercial airline disasters -- The worst highway tragedy, and what it revealed -- Forever lost, occasionally found -- Into the canal -- When alligators attack (which isn't often) -- Gliding on air: airboat deaths -- How to stay alive in the Everglades.
- Call Number
- JFE 22-5137
- ISBN
- 9781493065981
- 149306598X
- LCCN
- 2022011603
- OCLC
- 1304833853
- Author
- Minetor, Randi, author.
- Title
- Death in the Everglades : accidents, foolhardiness, and mayhem in South Florida / Randi Minetor.
- Publisher
- Essex, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2022]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-2099
- Other Form:
- Online version: Minetor, Randi. Death in the Everglades Essex, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2022] 9781493070039 (DLC) 2022011604
- Research Call Number
- JFE 22-5137