Alligator Tales (Paperback, 1st ed)

The alligatorFlorida's most feared, maligned animal. From the time European settlers first stepped onto Florida soil, the alligator has been a target of dread and revulsionand the hunter's gun.

Collected here are true (and tongue in cheek) accounts of alligators and the people who have hunted them, been attacked by them, and tried to save them from extinction. Journey through the Everglades with 1800's Seminoles, experts at stalking and killing gators. Go along with a "Northern girl" as she shoots "my first alligator in my glove and veil." And learn how modern alligator hunters go about their business, which hasn't changed much in the last hundred years or so.

If you like tall tales, you'll love Henry, the alligator-turned-head-waiter who becomes despondent when a pretty New York girl spurns his lovesick advances. Or Algy, the gator who survives a broiling in a furnace by his owners, who happen to think he's already dead and won't mind the heat.

General

Imprint:	Pineapple Press Inc.,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 1998
First published:	September 1998
Authors:	Kevin M. McCarthy
Photographers:	John Moran
Dimensions:	230 x 154 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	184
Edition:	1st ed
ISBN-13:	978-1-56164-158-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Myths & mythology Books > Sport & Leisure > Natural history, country life & pets > Wild animals > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Customs & folklore > Folklore Books > Religion & Spirituality > Myths & mythology
LSN:	1-56164-158-8
Barcode:	9781561641581

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