p An homage to the rugged swamp rats who were largely overlooked or scorned by the region s historians, naturalists, and adventurers. iMiami Heraldipp Documents an aspect of Florida history and culture of which far too little has been written. . . . iGladesmeni is alive with South Florida history and spiced with Simmons understated humor and world view. iFolk Windsipp Contains interesting tales of outlaws, moonshiners and other characters some who lived on the edge of right and wrong and roamed the inhospitable backcountry prairies of soft muck and massive mosquitoes. iSouth Dade News Leaderipp We Floridians sometimes . . . long for the simple life of pioneers and wonder how we would manage living off the land. This book serves as a slap in the face of such fantasy. iSt. Petersburg Timesipp Simmons tells us that he is no hero, but he is the stuff of Daniel Boone, Davey Crockett, Jim Bridger, and Alfred Wallace. iFlorida Frontier Gazetteipp Simmons is Florida s answer to Huckleberry Fi