HSPLS site
Login
My List - 0
Help
Search
My Account
Databases
HI Newspaper
eBooks/Audiobooks
Learning
PC Reservation
Reading Program
Basic
Advanced
Power
History
Search:
Title Browse
Author Browse
Subject Browse
Best Seller Browse
Music Title Browse
Video/DVD Title Browse
Journal/Newspaper Title Browse
Serial Title Browse
Series Browse (includes Bestseller List)
General Keyword
Title Keyword
Author Keyword
Subject Keyword
Name Keyword
Series Keyword
Score Title Browse
Talking Book Title Browse
Awards Note Browse
Bib No.
Barcode
Refine Search
> You're searching:
HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
Item Information
Holdings
Summary
More Content
More by this author
Renner, Rebecca, author.
Subjects
Poaching -- Florida -- Everglades.
Alligators -- Effect of poaching on -- Florida -- Everglades.
Undercover wildlife agents -- Florida -- Everglades.
Browse Catalog
by author:
Renner, Rebecca, author.
by title:
Gator country : dece...
MARC Display
Gator country : deception, danger, and alligators in the Everglades / Rebecca Renner.
by
Renner, Rebecca, author.
New York : Flatiron Books, 2023.
Subjects
Poaching -- Florida -- Everglades.
Alligators -- Effect of poaching on -- Florida -- Everglades.
Undercover wildlife agents -- Florida -- Everglades.
ISBN:
9781250842572 (hardcover) :
1250842573 (hardcover)
Description:
276 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : llustrations, map ; 25 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Contents:
Introduction: operation alligator thief -- The chase -- The call -- Soft shell -- This is gator country -- Becoming blackledge -- Alligator Mississippiensis -- Mermaid ivory -- Golden eggs -- The inner circle -- The ballad of Peg Brown -- The hook -- The first egg hunt -- Alone in the swamp -- Suspension of disbelief -- Backup -- Hatching -- On the road -- The golden egg sheet -- The mongoose.
Requests:
0
Summary:
"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"--
Copy/Holding information
Location
Collection
Call No.
Status
Due Date
Hawaii State Library
Business, Science & Technology
597.984 Re
Checked out
05/13/2024
Add Copy to MyList
Hilo Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
597.984 Renner
Checked out
05/23/2024
Add Copy to MyList
Kalihi-Palama Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
597.984 Re
Checked In
Add Copy to MyList
Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9884
© 2001-2013
SirsiDynix
All rights reserved.