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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Extraordinary environments endure through the efforts of conservationists such as Marjory Stoneman Douglas. In this engaging biography, readers will learn about Douglas's childhood in Massachusetts, her family life and college days at Wellesley College, and her marriage to newspaper editor Kenneth Douglas. Douglas's move to Florida began her writing career as a journalist at the Miami Herald and later as a freelance writer. It also introduced her...
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Language
English
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"The Florida Everglades are made up of nine different ecosystems supporting an astonishing variety of wildlife-panthers, manatees, snails, frogs, and a rainbow of bird species. But for years, the Everglades were threatened. They needed a voice to speak up for them. Marjory Stoneman Douglas became that voice. Her book "A River of Grass" helped the world see the irreplaceable beauty and value of the Everglades. Marjory's activism led to the creation...
Author
Publisher
She Writes Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Famous late in life as a champion of the Florida Everglades, Marjory Stoneman Douglas was a woman whose passion was forged from the pain, sacrifice, and mistakes of her early years--a heroine whose story will resonate with anyone who has found strength and meaning in unexpected places.
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