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Gator Country deception, danger, and alligators in the Everglades

"David Grann meets Susan Orlean in this page-turning true story of an underground operation into the mysterious world of alligator poaching and its larger than life Floridian characters. To catch a Florida Man, you have to become one, and that's what Officer Jeff Babauta did. As his ponytailed, whis...

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Main Author: Renner, Rebecca (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Flatiron Books, 20231114.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Poaching > Florida > Everglades.
Alligators > Effect of poaching on > Florida > Everglades.
Undercover wildlife agents > Florida > Everglades.
True crime stories.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Operation Alligator Thief
  • The chase
  • The call
  • Soft shell
  • This is gator country
  • Becoming Blackledge
  • Alligator Mississippiensis
  • Mermaid ivory
  • Golden eggs
  • The inner circle
  • The ballad of Peg Brown
  • The hook
  • The first egg hunt
  • Alone in the swamp
  • Suspension of disbelief
  • Backup
  • Hatching season-- On the road
  • The golden egg sheet
  • The mongoose
  • Epilogue.

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