Roberts River

Most, if not all, of the following publications are available at the gift shops at Flamingo and the park entrance visitor center.

Reading List:
A Guide to the Wilderness Waterway of the Everglades National Patk; William G. Truesdell; University of Miami Press-- A detailed guide to the waterway.

The Story of the Chokoloskee Bay Country; Charlton Tebeau; Banyan Books--Life in the Ten Thousand Islands in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Gladesmen; Glen Simmons and Laura Ogden; University Press of Florida--Making a living in the glades in the early twentieth century.

Fishing in the Everglades; John A. Kumiski; Argonaut Publishing Company--A guide to canoe camping and fishing in the national park. It includes good advice on lures and rigging.

Totch, A life in the Everglades; Loren G. "Totch" Brown; University Press of Florida
Living and making a living in The Ten Thousand Islands, Totch was a trapper, commercial fisherman, guide, gator hunter, poacher, and marijuana smuggler.

Killing Mr. Watson; Peter Matthiessen; Random House--A fictional account of the life and death of the Ten Thousand Islands' most notorious resident.

Tales of Old Florida; Frank Oppel and Tony Meisel, ed.;Castle--Stories of sailing, hunting, and fishing in Florida in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries from sporting and travel magazines. This book includes several interesting stories about the Everglades.