Death in the Everglades : accidents, foolhardiness, and mayhem in South Florida

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서명/저자사항	Death in the Everglades: accidents, foolhardiness, and mayhem in South Florida / Randi Minetor.
개인저자	Minetor, Randi, author.
형태사항	1 online resource
기타형태 저록	Print version: Minetor, Randi. Death in the Everglades Essex, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2022] 9781493065981
ISBN	1493070037 9781493070039
서지주기	Includes bibliographical references and index.
내용주기	It's not what you think -- The desperado of Chatham Bend -- Plumage to die for -- The murderous king of the Everglades -- Hurricanes with no names: 1926 and 1928 -- Running rum: death of a police chief -- Unintended consequence: deaths on Tamiami Trail -- Murder of a moonshiner -- Commercial airline disasters -- The worst highway tragedy, and what it revealed -- Forever lost, occasionally found -- Into the canal -- When alligators attack (which isn't often) -- Gliding on air: airboat deaths -- How to stay alive in the Everglades.
소장본주기	Added to collection customer.56279.3
요약	"Hidden in the tall grasses and shallow waters of the Florida Everglades are true tales of mysterious deaths, clandestine crime, and disasters, both natural and manmade. Desperados fled here after escaping from prison, rum runners gunned down their enemies, and killers slipped their prey into canals as food for reptilian wildlife. Commercial airlines crashed and burned in the sawgrass, while smaller planes vanished from view. Hurricanes tore through the region, forcing Lake Okeechobee to overrun its banks and wipe out entire towns. And every once in a while, an alligator made someone its lunch. Collected here are some of the most gripping accounts in Everglades history, caused by natural forces, crime, operator error, or human folly"--
해제	Provided by publisher.
주제명(지명)	Florida --Everglades. --fast South Florida. --fast
일반주제명	Violent deaths --Florida --Everglades --History --20th century --Popular works. Violent deaths --Florida --Everglades --History --21st century --Popular works. Violent deaths --Florida, South --History --20th century --Popular works. Violent deaths --Florida, South --History --21st century --Popular works. Violent deaths.
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