In a corner of the Big Cypress Swamp, to the north of the Florida
Everglades, lives Charlie Jumper, and eighty-six-year-old Seminole
man. Unlike the younger American Indians who have adopted white
civilization, Charlie and his wife cling to the old ways, hunting
and fishing in the great swamp and farming a tiny plot of higher
ground. Charlie has been diligently teaching his grandson, Timmy,
about the swamp and its creatures. But their simple existence is
suddenly threatened when a large tract of swamp is bought by a
corporation, and Charlie is told that he will have to leave. From
his youth, Charlie remembers the slaughter of egrets and alligators
by the white man and the logging of the giant cypress. Rather than
surrender the land that is his life to this final indignity,
Charlie decides to fight back. It is an uneven contest. First come
the great machines that silt up the streams; then the workmen
inadvertently poison the marsh; and, attempting to sabotage the
construction equipment, Charlie’s best friend is killed.
Realizing that there can be no compromise with the white man who
destroys all he touches, Charlie leaves his family and feels into
the swamp, seeking the lost island known in the Seminole legends as
Forever Island.
General
Imprint: |
W W Norton & Co Inc
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
1973 |
First published: |
1973 |
Authors: |
Patrick D Smith
|
Dimensions: |
203 x 127 x 11mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
196 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-393-33691-7 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
0-393-33691-3 |
Barcode: |
9780393336917 |
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