Marjorie Harris Carr - Defender of Florida's Environment

This is the first full-length biography of Marjorie Carr, arguably one of Florida's most influential environmental activists, who dedicated her life to the study of science and conserving Florida's wildlife and wild places.

About the author

Peggy Macdonald is an adjunct professor of history at Stetson University.

Summary

Marjorie Harris Carr (1915-1997) is best known for leading the fight against the US Army Corps of Engineers’ Cross Florida Barge Canal. In this first full-length biography, Peggy Macdonald corrects many long-held misapprehensions about the self-described “housewife from Micanopy”, who along with her husband, Archie Carr, a pioneering conservation biologist, struggled to balance career and family.

Product details

• Authors: Peggy MacDonald
• Publisher: University Press Of Florida
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.03.2014
• EAN: 9780813049359
• ISBN: 978-0-8130-4935-9
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: A Florida Quincentennial Book; A Florida Quincentennial Book
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general)