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Manatee Insanity : Inside the War over Florida's Most Famous Endangered Species by Craig Pittman (2010, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherUniversity Press of Florida
ISBN-100813034620
ISBN-139780813034621
eBay Product ID (ePID)78479435

Product Key Features

Book TitleManatee Insanity : inside the War over Florida's Most Famous Endangered Species
Number of Pages416 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2010
TopicEnvironmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Animals / Marine Life, Animals / Mammals, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Ecosystems & Habitats / Lakes, Ponds & Swamps, Public Policy / Environmental Policy
IllustratorYes
GenreNature, Political Science, Science, History
AuthorCraig Pittman
Book SeriesFlorida History and Culture Ser.
FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.4 in
Item Weight28.7 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2009-047420
Dewey Edition22
Reviews" Manatee Insanity lives up to its name. .. . A fascinating look beyond the headlines."-- Bay Soundings "Animportant book. . . . Enjoyable to read. . . . Much more than a description ofthe struggle over the survival of the manatee. It is a depiction of a muchlarger struggle--one for the very soul of the place we call Florida." --H-Net "Superblyresearched, highly readable, and thought-provoking."-- Environmental History "Awonderfully written book about a wide range of issues affecting the Floridamanatee."-- Choice "Athorough, enjoyable, and moving study of the myriad players involved in thefate of Florida's gentle manatees."-- Florida Historical Quarterly "Pittman. . . takes on powerboat owners, policy makers and environmentalists to tellthe sea cow's story."-- SEJournal
Dewey Decimal333.95/95509759
SynopsisWhy is the manatee just as imperiled today as it was 40 years ago? "The best available, most factual account of the decades-long struggle to protect the Florida manatee, skillfully told by a veteran journalist who has followed the story closely. I've been involved in this controversy for over 30 years, and I learned countless things about it that I never knew "--Daryl Domning, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution "The Florida legislature gave the manatee its own license plate, and Jimmy Buffet sang poetic lyrics about the iconic creature, but Craig Pittman offers a whole new perspective--the manatee as battleground. With a cast of characters including environmentalists and biologists, developers and boaters, lawyers and lobbyists, politicians and shady citizens, Manatee Insanity is a colorful work of non-fiction."--Keith Rizzardi, South Florida Water Management District Loveable or loathed? Poster child for conservation efforts or impediment to development? Nuisance or in need of protection? For the past two decades, the quiet manatee has been a flash point of frequent environmental debates. Included on the very first endangered species list issued in 1967, the docile creatures have stirred curiosity and passions for more than a hundred years. They are Florida's most famous endangered species, as well as its most controversial. Manatees appear on hundreds of license plates, attract hordes of tourists, and expose the uneasy relationships between science and the law and between freedom and responsibility like no other animal. As passions have flared and resentments have grown, the battle over manatee protection has evolved into a war, and no reporter has followed the story more closely than Craig Pittman. He's flown with scientists trying to count manatees from overhead. He's been on the water with the leader of the biggest pro-boater group. He's observed biologists dissecting the animals and politicians discussing their fate. Manatee Insanity provides the first in-depth history of the attempts to provide legal protection for the manatee. Along the way, Pittman takes a close look at the major and minor players in the dispute, from Jacques-Yves Cousteau to Jeb Bush, from Jimmy Buffett to O. J. Simpson, from a popular children's book author to a federal lawman who dressed in a gorilla suit for the ultimate undercover assignment. A volume in the Florida History and Culture Series, edited by Raymond Arsenault and Gary R. Mormino, The quiet manatee has long been a flash point of frequent environmental debates. It is Florida's most famous endangered species, as well as its most controversial. Manatees appear on hundreds of license plates, attract hordes of tourists, and expose the uneasy relationships between science and the law and between freedom and responsibility like no other animal. As passions have flared and resentments have grown, the battle over manatee protection has evolved into a war, and no reporter has followed the story more closely than Craig Pittman, the first environmental writer to explore the complex history, culture, and science of the controversies and concerns surrounding this remarkable creature. With an abiding interest in the uncertain fate of this unique species, Manatee Insanity provides the first in-depth history of the attempts to provide legal protection for the manatee. Pittman follows Florida's gentle giants through time and space, detailing interactions with a variety of human actors, from Jacques-Yves Cousteau to Jeb Bush to Jimmy Buffett, from a popular children's book author to a federal lawman who dressed in a gorilla suit for the ultimate undercover assignment., Manatees, the docile creatures have stirred curiosity and passions for more than a hundred years. They are Florida's most famous endangered species, as well as its most controversial. Manatees appear on hundreds of license plates. This book provides the history of the attempts to provide legal protection for the manatee.
LC Classification NumberQL737.S63P58 2010
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