Gladesmen

Gator Hunters, Moonshiners, and Skiffers

By: Glen Simmons, Laura Ogden

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Paperback | 5 September 2010

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“An homage to the rugged ‘swamp rats’ who were largely overlooked or scorned by the region’s historians, naturalists, and adventurers.”—Miami Herald

“Documents an aspect of Florida history and culture of which far too little has been written. . . . [Gladesmen] is alive with South Florida history and spiced with Simmons’ understated humor and world view.”—Folk Winds

“Contains interesting tales of outlaws, moonshiners and other characters—some who lived on the edge of right and wrong—and roamed the inhospitable backcountry prairies of soft muck and massive mosquitoes.”—South Dade News Leader

“We Floridians sometimes . . . long for the simple life of pioneers and wonder how we would manage ‘living off the land.’ This book serves as a slap in the face of such fantasy.”—St. Petersburg Times

“Simmons tells us that he is no hero, but he is the stuff of Daniel Boone, Davey Crockett, Jim Bridger, and Alfred Wallace.”—Florida Frontier Gazette

“Simmons is Florida’s answer to Huckleberry Finn.”—Georgia Historical Quarterly

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Foreword	p. ix
Preface	p. xiii
The Long Glade	p. 1
Hard Times	p. 5
Life on Long Glade	p. 10
After the Land Boom	p. 20
Everglades Backcountry Camps	p. 26
Camps in the Everglades	p. 35
Making Burns in the Bill Ashley Jungles	p. 37
The Reef Country	p. 39
Camping with Ed Brooker in the Bill Ashley Jungles	p. 41
Moonshiners in the Bill Ashley Jungles	p. 46
Gladesmen	p. 51
Camping in the Taylor Slough	p. 61
Cuthbert Lake Area	p. 68
The Yappos	p. 74
The Hide Trade	p. 79
Searching for Gators	p. 88
Pole-hunting	p. 92
Fire-hunting	p. 97
Skinning and Stretching	p. 101
Buying Hides	p. 107
Live Gators, Crocs, and Snakes	p. 110
Dodging for Common Sense and Safety	p. 113
Flamingo and the Cape	p. 122
Living at Flamingo	p. 128
Fishing from Flamingo	p. 138
Hunting from Flamingo and the Cape	p. 144
The Fox and Cattail Lakes	p. 146
Camping on the Joe River	p. 149
In Little Madeira at the Time of Pearl Harbor	p. 154
Hurricanes	p. 156
Appendix: Instructions for Building a Glade Skiff	p. 165
Notes	p. 173
Bibliography	p. 187
Index	p. 191
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