The Everglades: Stories of Grit and Spirit from the Mangrove Wilderness

117 S. Pineapple Ave.,Sarasota FL 34236

05 March, 2022

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Co-authors Anne McCrary Sullivan and Holly Genzen discuss and sign their book on the Everglades. Co-authors Anne McCrary Sullivan and Holly Genzen will be at the store to chat about and sign their new book The Everglades: Stories of Grit and Spirit from the Mangrove Wilderness.The chat can be attended in-person; it will also be broadcast live on Zoom. In-person attendance is limited to 10 people out of caution due to the continuing Covid situation. The in-person event is at our new store at The Mark, 117 S. Pineapple.We require that you wear a mask at Bookstore1 events, to protect yourself and others. If you are attending the event virtually, the Zoom link will be sent prior to the event.Copies of The Everglades will be available to purchase the day of the event, or you may order a copy here.About The Everglades: Stories of Grit and Spirit from the Mangrove Wilderness: Everglades National Park’s mangrove wilderness, extending over 230,000 acres, is the most expansive in the western hemisphere and the largest continuous system of mangroves in the world. It’s a part of the Park that most visitors see only from its edges. To get out there one must take a fish route or a bird route, go by boat or fly over in a plane or helicopter. No one goes out there without specifically wanting to. This is a book about people who want to—for work, for adventure, for philosophy, for art, for science. Some go for solitude and some for companionship. Some go to fish and some never fish. Many speak of being tested, meeting challenges of tide, wind, weather, equipment failure, getting lost, sheltering from storms, or recovery from one’s own errors. Authors Anne McCrary Sullivan and Holly Genzen conducted interviews and crafted stories from the exact words of the people featured in this book, some of whose names may be familiar—botanist and author, Roger Hammer; python specialist, Skip Snow; wildlife photographers Constance Mier and JohnBob Carlos, and others. The resulting stories of grit and spirit tell a deeper, collective story of the Everglades’ mysterious mangrove wilderness. Anne McCrary Sullivan grew up on the coast of North Carolina and has lived in Florida for more than thirty years. A Florida master naturalist with an MFA in poetry, she has been artist in residence in Everglades National Park, Big Cypress National Preserve, and at the Hambidge Center in Georgia. She has articles, chapters, and poems in many literary and academic publications and is author of Ecology II: Throat Song from the Everglades (poems), coauthor of Paddling the Everglades Wilderness Waterway. She holds a PhD in English education from the University of Florida, has been poetry editor of the EnglishJournal and a Fulbright Scholar in Nigeria. She lives on the Gulf Coast of Florida and spends as much time as possible in the Everglades. Holly Genzen is a Florida master naturalist and an outdoor education specialist. She has a masters in outdoor education and a PhD in educational administration. She has completed a solo thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail and has paddled more than a thousand miles in Central and South Florida. She is coauthor of the guidebook, Paddling the Everglades Wilderness Waterway, an effort that required extensive research into the social and natural history of the area. Her experiences in natural Florida have been the inspiration for her artwork, both in paintings and in her daily nature sketchbook. She has also been a volunteer at Shenandoah National Park. Central Florida is currently her home base for adventures in all directions. ………………………………………………………………………………… Click here to go to the Bookstore1Sarasota website. ....................................................................................... Registrants will be added to the Bookstore1Sarasota email list following the event and will begin to receive news about upcoming events and book recommendations. You can revoke your consent to receive emails at any time by using the Unsubscribe link found at the bottom of every email. We hope you will join us! Purcase a copy of The Everglades: Stories of Grit and Spirit from the Mangrove Wilderness here. Holly Genzen Anne McCrary Sullivan