Henry Bunks lives in crowded Miami in the 1950s. A nearby canal -- an entrance to what will become the Florida Everglades -- provides respite from his chaotic life in an uncaring family. Henry meets and befriends an alligator hunter and stows away on his boat. The hunter, an enigmatic character, is at once an outlaw and a father figure to Henry. In the watery wilderness, the man and boy meet a wildlife photographer, a botanist, and a park ranger, and Henry is thrust into a race to save a human life. First published in 1959, this story combines great adventure with a boy's first experience of adults who are neither totally bad nor totally noble. Alligator Crossing is a rediscovered classic by Marjory Stoneman Douglas, known as the "Savior of the Everglades."

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Published: 02/28/2003
ISBN: 9781571316448
Pages: 210
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.32w x 0.61d

Review Citations: PW Notes and Reprints 04/14/2003 pg. 73
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2003 pg. 90 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2004 pg. 90 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
Publishers Weekly 04/14/2003