Everglades Boys Author:Davida (Pete) Gates This book uses the language of the people who actually lived in the times and places the stories take place. The three mothers watched apprehensively as their biys squeezed themselves into the front seat of Bert's old Chevrolet for their week's adventure in the Everglades and Big Cypress Swamp. In 1935 the Everglades was known as dangerous. Ev... more »en grown men sometimes got lost there. For Doc, Sylvester and Bert facing snakes, alligators and the dreaded swamp misquote failed to dampen their enthusiasm for their first trip into the swamp without their parents.« less