Everglades: Buffalo Tiger and the River of Grass

by Peter Lourie

Lourie has a specialty--good books about great rivers. He now adds the Everglades, the 'River of Grass, ' to the list . . . his overt mixture of natural and social history is excellent.--starred review, Booklist. Full-color photos.

Genres: Nonfiction

32 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 1994

About the author

Peter is an award-winning author, professor, and explorer. He has written over two dozen nonfiction books for children and adults spanning topics from adventure and the environment to polar bears and lost treasure.

His forthcoming book, Locked in Ice: Nansen's Daring Quest for the North Pole is a spellbinding biography of Fridtjof Nansen, the pioneer of polar exploration, with a spotlight on his harrowing three-year journey to the top of the world.

A true adventurer, Lourie has traveled all over the world to research his subjects, from the cloud forest in Ecuador in search of Inca treasure, to Lake Turkana in northwestern Kenya on the Ethiopian border, to Terra del Fuego and the jungles of Rondonia, Brazil.