"One of the Prettiest Spots I Have Seen"

book by Samuel C. Hyde and Keith M. Finley

A sprawling majestic cypress forest thousands of years old was reduced to a wasteland due to the careless actions of man. This volume traces the environmental transformation of a great national treasure from prehistoric times to the present to reveal how war, greed, and ignorance combined to produce an ecological catastrophe carrying huge implications for the region in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

Far from merely historical commentary, the authors caution that political insensitivity, sustained by public indifference, threatens an even sadder denouement in the absence of immediate intervation.

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