Books to Read Before Visiting the Everglades (46 books)

Check out these books if you're visiting the Everglades!

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1	Snake in the Grass: An Everglades Invasion by Larry Pérez 4.31 avg rating — 26 ratings score: 196, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Everglades: River of Grass by Marjory Stoneman Douglas 4.16 avg rating — 950 ratings score: 187, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Totch: A Life in the Everglades by Loren G. "Totch" Brown 4.14 avg rating — 279 ratings score: 187, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise by Michael Grunwald 4.19 avg rating — 1,912 ratings score: 184, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Cat Tale: The Wild, Weird Battle to Save the Florida Panther by Craig Pittman (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 985 ratings score: 160, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Enduring Seminoles: From Alligator Wrestling to Ecotourism (The Florida History and Culture Series) by Patsy West 3.43 avg rating — 30 ratings score: 158, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Death in the Everglades: The Murder of Guy Bradley, America's First Martyr to Environmentalism by Stuart B. McIver 3.83 avg rating — 143 ratings score: 155, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Scent of Scandal: Greed, Betrayal, and the World's Most Beautiful Orchid by Craig Pittman (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 236 ratings score: 153, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	101 Travel Bits: Everglades National Park by Sarah Ferguson (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Everglades: An Environmental History (The Florida History and Culture Series) by David McCally 4.10 avg rating — 20 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Welcome to the River of Grass by Jane Yolen (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 52 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Gladesmen: Gator Hunters, Moonshiners, and Skiffers (The Florida History and Culture Series) by Glen Simmons 3.88 avg rating — 143 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	A Tropical Frontier: The Gladesman by Tim Robinson (Goodreads Author) 4.55 avg rating — 143 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Stolen Water: Saving the Everglades from Its Friends, Foes, and Florida by W. Hodding Carter IV 3.62 avg rating — 45 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	A Guide to Everglades National Park and the Nearby Florida Keys by Herbert S. Zim 3.40 avg rating — 10 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Death in the Everglades: The Murder of Guy Bradley, America's First Martyr to Environmentalism (The Florida History and Culture Series) by Stuart B. McIver 3.83 avg rating — 143 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Swamplife: People, Gators, and Mangroves Entangled in the Everglades by Laura A. Ogden 3.70 avg rating — 108 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Lostmans Heritage: Pioneers in the Florida Everglades: Revised Edition by Karen Yvonne Hamilton (Goodreads Author) 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Manatee Insanity: Inside the War over Florida's Most Famous Endangered Species by Craig Pittman (Goodreads Author) 4.40 avg rating — 58 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Archaeology of the Everglades (Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series) by John W. Griffin (Editor) 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Memoirs of an Everglades Pioneer by Gertrude Petersen Winne 4.43 avg rating — 53 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Everglades by Robert S. Carr really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Crackers in the Glade: Life and Times in the Old Everglades by Rob Storter 4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	An Everglades Providence: Marjory Stoneman Douglas and the American Environmental Century by Jack Emerson Davis 4.21 avg rating — 24 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Killing Mister Watson (Shadow Country Trilogy #1) by Peter Matthiessen 3.83 avg rating — 1,951 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Shadow Country by Peter Matthiessen 4.07 avg rating — 5,458 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Mirage: Florida and the Vanishing Water of the Eastern U.S. by Cynthia Barnett (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 151 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Florida's Waters by Ellie Whitney 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Drying Up: The Fresh Water Crisis in Florida by John M. Dunn 4.23 avg rating — 26 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Florida’s Changing Waters: A Beautiful World in Peril by Lynne Buchanan 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Clyde Butcher: Nature's Places of Spiritual Sanctuary Photographs from 1961 to 1999 by Clyde Butcher (Photographer) 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	The Seminole and Miccosukee Tribes of Southern Florida by Patsy West really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 28 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Art of the Florida Seminole and Miccosukee Indians by Dorothy Downs 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Patchwork: Seminole and Miccosukee Art and Activities by Dorothy Downs 3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Circle of Life: The Miccosukee Indian Way, by Nancy Wallace. Henderson really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Unconquered People: Florida's Seminole and Miccosukee Indians by Brent Richards Weisman 3.50 avg rating — 26 ratings score: 74, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	We Come for Good: Archaeology and Tribal Historic Preservation at the Seminole Tribe of Florida by Paul N. Backhouse (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings score: 73, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Swamp Sailors in the Second Seminole War (Florida Sand Dollar Books) by George E. Buker 3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 72, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Hidden Seminoles: Julian Dimock's Historic Florida Photographs (The Florida History and Culture Series) by Jerald T. Milanich really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings score: 71, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	A Seminole Legend: The Life of Betty Mae Tiger Jumper by Betty Mae Jumper 4.07 avg rating — 29 ratings score: 70, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Seminole Voices: Reflections on Their Changing Society, 1970-2000 by Julian M. Pleasants 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 69, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	She Sang Promise: The Story of Betty Mae Jumper, Seminole Tribal Leader by Jan Godown Annino really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 114 ratings score: 68, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Legends of the Seminoles by Betty Mae Jumper 4.38 avg rating — 32 ratings score: 67, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Swamp Screamer: At Large with the Florida Panther by Charles Fergus (Goodreads Author) 3.53 avg rating — 19 ratings score: 66, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Swamp Song: A Natural History of Florida's Swamps by Ronald J. Larson 3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings score: 65, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	The Florida Panther: Life And Death Of A Vanishing Carnivore by David Maehr 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 64, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars