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Swamp
Screamer by Charles Fergus The Florida panther is an endangered species, its way of life altered by the spread of suburban culture across the state. In Swamp Screamer, Charles Fergus tracks the fifty or so panthers that survive in Florida, vividly describing the people trying to save these remarkable creatures--including wildlife biologists trying to preserve panther habitat and radical animal lovers who regard the panther as a symbol of their crusade on behalf of nature. Swamp Screamer is a surprising and often comic look at the wildlife movement today; it is also an evocative history of the vanishing wilds of Florida and a deeply affecting portrait of the panthers themselves. Charles Fergus has written six books, including the novel Shadow Catcher; a collection of essays, The Wingless Crow; and a memoir, A Rough-Shooting Dog. He lives in a stone house that he built himself on a mountainside in central Pennsylvania. 1998. 224 pp. 6 X 9. ISBN 0-8130-1560-X Paper, $17.95
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"Whether the
panther survives or perishes, Fergus has written a book
that does it full justice. His narrative is lively and
full of anecdotes, some of them eye-openers."--Jonathan
Yardley, Washington Post "As good as, or
better than, any book I’ve read in years about the
awful and willful ignorance of homo sapiens about the
living world."--Farley Mowat, author of Never
Cry Wolf "Charles Fergus [is] a diligent reporter and straightforward writer. . . . You will enjoy [his] descriptions of forays into panther territory."--Kathleen Krog, Miami Herald
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