Trembling Earth: A Cultural History of the Okefenokee Swamp

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Nelson, Megan Kate. Trembling Earth: A Cultural History of the Okefenokee Swamp. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2005.

This innovative history of the Okefenokee Swamp reveals it as a place where harsh realities clashed with optimism, shaping the borderland culture of southern Georgia and northern Florida for over two hundred years. […] Coining the term “ecolocalism” to describe how local cultures form out of ecosystems and in relation to other communities, Megan Kate Nelson offers a new view of the Okefenokee, its inhabitants, and its rich and telling record of thwarted ambitions, unintended consequences, and unresolved questions. — The University of Georgia Press website.