{"product_id":"swamp-screamers-book-charles-fergus-9780865474918","title":"Swamp Screamers","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhether 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, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs 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 \u003ci\u003eNever Cry Wolf\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Fergus  is] a diligent reporter and straightforward writer. . . . You will enjoy  his] descriptions of forays into panther territory.--Kathleen Krog, \u003ci\u003eMiami Herald \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Florida panther is an endangered species, its way of life altered by the spread of suburban culture across the state. In \u003ci\u003eSwamp Screamer\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003ci\u003eSwamp Screamer\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Fergus has written six books, including the novel\u003ci\u003e Shadow Catcher; \u003c\/i\u003ea collection of essays\u003ci\u003e, The Wingless Crow; \u003c\/i\u003eand a memoir\u003ci\u003e, A Rough-Shooting Dog. \u003c\/i\u003eHe lives in a stone house that he built himself on a mountainside in central Pennsylvania.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49596600779025,"sku":"GOR013501655","price":7.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0865474915.jpg?v=1751265437","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/swamp-screamers-book-charles-fergus-9780865474918","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}