Gator Country
Gator Country

Author: Rebecca Renner

Publisher: Flatiron Books

Published: 2023-11-14

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 1250842581

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A New York Times Editors' Choice "Delivers everything its title promises and much more." - NPR "Remarkable... Every species, and every person who fights for its continued existence, deserves a book like this." — The New York Times "This nail-biter account has the intensity of the best true crime... A high-def tale that ensnares you from the start." —People David Grann meets Susan Orlean in this page-turning true story of an underground operation into the mysterious world of alligator poaching and its larger than life Floridian characters To catch a Florida Man, you have to become one, and that’s what Officer Jeff Babauta did. As his ponytailed, whiskey-soaked alter ego, he established Sunshine Alligator Farm. His goal? Infiltrate the shady world of illegal poachers in the Florida Everglades in order to protect the natural world. A head-spinning adventure soon unfolds. Jeff deals with glow-in-the-dark alligators and high-speed airboat rides, but quickly learns that not all poachers are villains. They’re simply people trying to survive, fighting against the poverty and greed holding them down. Jeff wants to solve the mystery of alligator poachers, and in doing so he must venture deeper into a strange ecosystem where right is wrong, and justice comes at the cost of those who’ve welcomed him into their world. Gator Country is the twisting true story of the impossible choices individuals must make to stay afloat in this world. Through its wholly unique blend of reporting, nature writing, and personal narrative, this book transports readers to vibrant and dangerous Florida landscapes and offers intimate portraits of those who call the region home. Broad in scope and vivid in detail, Gator Country is a fast paced tale of the risks people will take to survive in one of the world's most beautiful yet formidable landscapes and the undercover investigation that threatens to topple the whole scheme.

Summary of Rebecca Renner's Gator Country
Summary of Rebecca Renner's Gator Country

Author: Milkyway Media

Publisher: Milkyway Media

Published: 2024-01-28

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13:

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Get the Summary of Rebecca Renner's Gator Country in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Gator Country" by Rebecca Renner is a narrative that follows Jeff Babauta, an officer with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, as he embarks on an undercover operation to combat alligator poaching in the Everglades. Jeff, the force's sole Pacific Islander, is nearing retirement and is conflicted about leaving the wilderness he has dedicated his life to protecting. He empathizes with poachers, understanding their struggles, and prefers education over punishment...

America's Alligator
America's Alligator

Author: Doug Alderson

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2020-04-01

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13: 1493048279

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People have long been fascinated by the American alligator. Ever since humans arrived on the continent more than 15,000 years ago, the American alligator has been both feared and revered, celebrated and scorned, and often hunted for food and hide. Once tourism began to take hold in the South as a real industry, especially in Florida, the alligator took on iconic and even mythical status. “One of the most picturesque features of Florida has always been that uncouth and fierce-looking reptile called the alligator,” wrote Nevin O. Winter in 1918. “Everybody who comes down here to the peninsula has an ambition to see one in the wild.” Seminole Indians wrestled alligators for show. Alligator souvenirs and mascots often took what people feared—a sharp-toothed predator—and made it into something cute and cuddly. Alligator-themed songs were recorded and released, including “See You Later Alligator” by Bill Haley and His Comets. Hollywood into created alligator-themed movies such as Alligator People. Alligators were also reportedly kept in the White House under two presidencies. And perhaps the most unusual alligator story was one that helped to nab Ma Barker and her son Fred when they were hiding out along Florida’s Lake Weir. America’s Alligator examines the colorful and sometimes conflicted relationship our species has had with Alligator mississippiensis. Doug Alderson explores the country’s rich alligator mythology and how it inspired various forms of art, stories, photography, tourism and even humor.

Urban's Way
Urban's Way

Author: Buddy Martin

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2008-09-02

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 9780312384074

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A comprehensive biography of the personal and professional life of the University of Florida's football coach, Urban Meyer, that chronicles his childhood in Ashtabula, Ohio, and early coaching career, as well as his 2007 season with the Florida Gators.

Platypus Picnic
Platypus Picnic

Author: David Sydney Scott

Publisher: Sydney Platypus

Published: 2019-06-30

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9781942113096

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The Platypus Picnic book is a multicolored picture book with illustrations and a recorded song. The book is all about a platypus picnic, designed to teach and entertain children ranging from ages 3 to 8 years. It includes pictures of many of the animals found in Australia like the: koala, crocodile, kookaburra, bandicoot, dingo, goanna, kangaroo, emu, wombat and the wallaby. The story shows the animals dancing with friends, having fun and playing instruments like the: saxophone, didjeridu, bass drum, trombone, fiddle, hurdy gurdy and accordion. It also has a music sheet and two QR Code links containing (mp3) sound files of the books verses in both song and spoken lyrics. The book also includes a glossary of the animals and musical instruments with accompanying illustrations and ends with photos of the Gator Nation Band and the Singing Platypuses who recorded the song and a photo of the Illustrator.

Fightin' Gators
Fightin' Gators

Author: Kevin M. McCarthy

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2000-04-28

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 1439610703

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Experience the University of Florida football program's fascinating 20th century journey, one that has brought enjoyment to millions and national recognition to the school. The University of Florida, the state's oldest and largest university, is recognized today as one of the country's most academically diverse public institutions. Though able to trace its history to 1853, the school did not begin its popular football program until the first few years of the 20th century. The program has had its share of scandals and embarrassments over time, but it has also produced two Heisman Trophy winners, a national champion, numerous players drafted into the professional ranks, and a visibility that consistently ranks the team in the top five in the country. Now attracting 85,000 fans to each of its home games, the Gators' football program has become a vital part of the University of Florida. When the team won the national championship in 1996, no one could have predicted such success just 90 years earlier. Fortunately, that journey through the last century has been captured in great photographs that include formal portraits of teams, action shots on the field, views of the stadium simply referred to as "The Swamp" by fans, and snapshots from every decade. These images tell the story of the birth and growth of a football team.

Gators and Seminoles
Gators and Seminoles

Author: Kevin M. McCarthy

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2016-10-24

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 1439658056

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The University of Florida and Florida State University are two of the best institutions of higher learning in the third most populous state in our country. They cooperate in many academic ventures and have joint programs, especially in the sciences. They do not, however, cooperate in athletic endeavors and, in fact, compete fiercely in all sports, especially football. Since 1958, when they first started playing football against each other, they have met 60 times, twice in postseason bowl games, one of which was for the national championship. The two teams have each had three Heisman Trophy winners and have won the national championship in Division I a total of 13 times: five for Florida and eight for Florida State. This then is the story of one of this country's fiercest football rivalries, complete with outstanding players and coaches, as well as controversies.

The Greatest Moments of Florida Gators Football
The Greatest Moments of Florida Gators Football

Author: Gainesville Sun

Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9781571671967

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From the school's inaugural season in 1906 through its national championship campaign of 1996, all of the most exciting stories are captured for the very first time in a single book. Included are tales about such great players as 1966 Heisman Trophy winner and current head coach Steve Spurrier and 1996 Heisman quarterback Danny Wuerffel. Fans can read about Florida's early successes in the 1920s, its first bowl team in 1952, the teams of Doug Dickey in the '70s and Galen Hall in the '80s, and, of course, Spurrier's amazing teams of the '90s, including the '96 national champs.

Zora and Me
Zora and Me

Author: Victoria Bond

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 0763643009

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A tale inspired by the early life of Zora Neale Hurston finds the imaginative future author telling fantastical stories about a mythical evil creature until a racially charged murder threatens to shatter the peace in her turn-of-the-century Southern community. A first novel.

Everglades Lawmen
Everglades Lawmen

Author: James T. Huffstodt

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2014-10-01

Total Pages: 319

ISBN-13: 1561647527

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From the first game wardens in the Everglades to present-day wildlife officers, law enforcement in the wild, untamed Everglades has kept pace with changing times. Today's game wardens chase escaped convicts, keep surveillance on drug runners, and recover wreckage from plane crashes as well as arrest deer, turkey, and alligator poachers. Meet the men and women who have dedicated their lives to protecting the wildlife and natural resources in the only Everglades on earth. For anyone interested in law enforcement or the Everglades.