Dick and his chum go to sea on a sponging boat and then push into the Everglades and the Ten Thousand Islands, camping, hunting alligators, wrestling a manatee and meeting Seminole and white settlers of the swamps. Dimock insists the story is true in every incident, drawn from his own years of Florida exploration.
An outdoor adventure for young readers by a naturalist-photographer who knew the Florida wilderness first-hand. Download the free EPUB.