From Eden to Sahara

Florida's Tragedy

by John Kunkel Small

Written in 1929, Small’s prophetic book, From Eden to Sahara: Florida’s Tragedy, revealed in its text and in its striking black and white photographs the bucolic “before” and the apocalyptic “after” that he was encountering throughout Florida. Scientists today acknowledge that the continuing loss of ground and surface water is among the greatest threats to the quality of life in the state. Out of print since its first edition, From Eden to Sahara now appears in a new edition with a foreword by award-winning environmental author and filmmaker Bill Belleville. In addition to reprinting most of Small’s original photos, this edition also includes an annotated glossary to update Small’s text. A seminal work that is required reading for all who would understand how

Florida

has long sought to tame its unique natural landscape, it also provides an invaluable time capsule in which a trained botanist records a

Florida

that no longer exists.

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