Type of Document	Dissertation
Author	Wilhelm, Chris
Author's Email Address	cwilhelm@gmail.com
URN	etd-05202010-120221
Title	Prophet of the Glades: Ernest Coe and the Fight for Everglades National Park
Degree	Doctor of Philosophy
Department	History, Department of
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Fredrick Davis Committee Chair
Keywords	History American History Environmental History Environment Everglades Ernest Coe
Date of Defense	2010-03-23
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract This dissertation examines the creation of Everglades National Park and specifically focuses on the actions of Ernest Coe, the primary historical actor in this narrative. It places this fight in its larger historical context and examines the relationship between the fight for the park and the emergence of modern environmentalism. This park was the first established for ecological reasons and was the first that explicitly protected an area as a wilderness. Both ecology and a concern for wilderness were major elements of modern environmentalism. This study also focuses on how park advocates perceived nature in general and the Everglades specifically and on how these perceptions of nature affected the social and political aspects of the park’s creation.
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