Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-177) and index.
Contents
The Florida Everglades: an entangled landscape -- The queen of the Everglades -- Landscape ethnography and the politics of nature -- The notorious Ashley gang -- Earth, fire, and flesh: territorial refrains -- The theatrics of Everglades outlaws -- The travels of snakes, mangroves, and men -- The gang vanishes into the mysterious swamp -- Searching for paradise in the Florida Everglades -- The story doesn't end with the ambush on the Sebastian River bridge -- Alligator conservation, commodities, and tactics of subversion.