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A Natural History of Quiet Waters: Swamps and Wetlands of the Mid-atlantic Coast by Badger, Curtis J. is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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<p>Although swamps today are recognized as one of the richest and most prolific natural systems on Earth, they have long held a mysterious and tenuous place in America's history and culture. Ernest Hemingway equated them with madness and death in "Big Two-hearted River." We have images of Humphrey Bogart covered with leeches while slogging through a swamp in the film <i>The African Queen</i>. In our culture, swamps have been associated with mystery and evil, and we spent generations draining, fi
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- Author
- Badger, Curtis J.
- Publisher
- Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780813926186
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Science, Mathematics, History
- Rating
- 5 / 5 (4 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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