Swamp Screamers by Charles Fergus

Swamp Screamers by Charles Fergus

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

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.

Charles Fergus has published 16 books on nature and wildlife, including The Wingless Crow and Thornapples: The Naturalist's Year (collections of nature essays), Wildlife of Pennsylvania and the Northeast, Wildlife of Virginia and Maryland, Trees of Pennsylvania and the Northeast, Trees of New England, Common Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms of the Northeast, and two books in Stackpole's Wild Guides series: Bears and Turtles. A communications consultant for the Wildlife Management Institute, he helps produce publications, displays, and Best Habitat Management Practices guidebooks, and handles three websites about wildlife that need young forest habitat. Fergus has shared a nature column, Crossings, in Pennsylvania Game News magazine for the past 15 years; before that, he wrote the popular Thornapples column for the same magazine. In addition to his books, he has written about nature and wildlife for publications including Country Journal, Highlights for Children, Audubon, and the New York Times. He lives in East Burke, Vermont. https: //charlesfergus.com/

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ISBN 13	9780865474918
ISBN 10	0865474915
Title	Swamp Screamers
Author	Charles Fergus
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	North Point Press
Year published	1996-01-01
Number of pages	208
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