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CONTENTS Map of Southern Florida and the Greater Everglades Watershed vii Map of Everglades National Park ix Acknowledgments xi 1 The Florida Everglades: An Entangled Landscape 1 The Queen of the Everglades 21 2 Landscape Ethnography and the Politics of Nature 25 The Notorious Ashley Gang 36 3 Earth, Fire, and Flesh: Territorial Refrains 43 The Theatrics of Everglades Outlaws 67 4 The Travels of Snakes, Mangroves, and Men 73 The Gang Vanishes into the Mysterious Swamp 91 5 Searching for Paradise in the Florida Everglades 95 The Story Doesn’t End with the Ambush on the Sebastian River Bridge 120 6 Alligator Conservation, Commodities, and Tactics of Subversion 125 Epilogue The Bill Ashley Jungles: Trace Impressions of a Forgotten Landscape 153 Notes 159 Index 179 This page intentionally left blank ...

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