Robertson, William B.

Everglades - The Park Story [Florida Natural History, National Parks, Conservation]

Coral Gables, FL: Univ of Miami Press, 1969. Fourth Printing; April 1969. Stapled Wraps.

Illustrated Everglades National Park guide with maps and color photos

A well-illustrated mid-century overview of Everglades National Park, published in cooperation with the Everglades Natural History Association. Intended as an accessible interpretive guide rather than a technical study, the book combines concise text with photographic documentation and maps to explain the park’s geography, wildlife, and ecological significance during a formative period in modern conservation awareness.

Physical description: Stapled pictorial wraps. Octavo, approximately 5.5 × 8.5 inches. 95 pages, including index. Illustrated throughout with color and black-and-white photographs and maps.

Condition: The bindings are tight and square. Text is clean; light, even age-toning throughout. Moderate shelf handling wear to the wraps, consistent with use. Fourth Printing stated.

Robertson presents the Everglades as a complex ecological system rather than a single landscape, emphasizing hammocks, sawgrass marshes, pinelands, and coastal zones.

The book balances natural history with visitor orientation, explaining how climate, hydrology, and plant succession shape wildlife patterns. Period photography reinforces the educational mission, reflecting National Park Service interpretive priorities of the 1960s.

Contextual / historical significance:
By the late 1960s, Everglades National Park had become a focal point for national conservation debates. This volume reflects that moment, presenting the park not simply as scenery but as a fragile ecosystem requiring public understanding and stewardship. As such, it occupies an important niche between tourist guide and environmental advocacy. There is no film adaptation.

Subjects: Everglades National Park, Florida Ecology, Wetlands Conservation, National Parks History, Environmental Education, Natural History

Item #18581

Price: $12.95