Reviews
"This is a wonderfully written, provocative and important book. It combines history and investigative journalism to explore not only the Everglades but the larger tensions of a society's relationship with the environment. It's also a riveting story, the definitive account of south Florida's incredible journey from natural marshland to man-made megalopolis. There are many lessons here, and in the wake of Katrina it's time we learned them."-- John Barry, author of "Rising Tide" and "The Great Influenza", "This is a wonderfully written, provocative and important book. It combines history and investigative journalism to explore not only the Everglades but the larger tensions of a society's relationship with the environment. It's also a riveting story, the definitive account of south Florida's incredible journey from natural marshland to man-made megalopolis. There are many lessons here, and in the wake of Katrina it's time we learned them."-- John Barry, author ofRising TideandThe Great Influenza, "Michael Grunwald digs deep and writes smart. The dying Everglades hasn't had a livelier or more compelling witness since Marjory Stoneman Douglas. "The Swamp" will sit cover to cover with her classic "The Everglades: River of Grass" on history's bookshelf."-- John Rothchild, author of "Up for Grabs: A Trip Through Time and Space in the Sunshine State" and "A Fool and His Money", "Michael Grunwald digs deep and writes smart. The dying Everglades hasn't had a livelier or more compelling witness since Marjory Stoneman Douglas.The Swampwill sit cover to cover with her classicThe Everglades: River of Grasson history's bookshelf."-- John Rothchild, author ofUp for Grabs: A Trip Through Time and Space in the Sunshine StateandA Fool and His Money, "Michael Grunwald is tough and clear-eyed and writes like a dream. Here, in "The Swamp," he has found the perfect story -- man's long struggle between destruction and salvation, played out in the Everglades of Florida. With its interwoven threads of history, science, politics and biography, Grunwald's work has brought a beautiful, dying place to life as never before."-- David Maraniss, author of "They Marched into Sunlight" and "When Pride Still Mattered", "In "The Swamp," Michael Grunwald has produced a masterly narrative, a story of ambition and greed in the Everglades that is rich with character, entertainment and revelation. This is a quintessential chapter of American history and also an urgently important work of contemporary journalism."-- Steve Coll, author of "Ghost Wars", "Michael Grunwald is tough and clear-eyed and writes like a dream. Here, inThe Swamp, he has found the perfect story -- man's long struggle between destruction and salvation, played out in the Everglades of Florida. With its interwoven threads of history, science, politics and biography, Grunwald's work has brought a beautiful, dying place to life as never before."-- David Maraniss, author ofThey Marched into SunlightandWhen Pride Still Mattered, "InThe Swamp, Michael Grunwald has produced a masterly narrative, a story of ambition and greed in the Everglades that is rich with character, entertainment and revelation. This is a quintessential chapter of American history and also an urgently important work of contemporary journalism."-- Steve Coll, author ofGhost Wars
