| Book Review | Environmental History, 11.1

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Trembling Earth: A Cultural History of the Okefenokee Swamp. By Megan Kate Nelson. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2005. xvii + 262 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $34.95.

The Okefenokee Swamp is located in extreme southeast Georgia and northeast Florida, with the main portion in Georgia. For most people, the term "swamp" conjures up a place of stagnant water, darkness, mystery, disease, and death. The Okefenokee is not a true swamp because it is the headwaters for the St. Marys and Suwannee rivers; it is more properly described as a swamp-marsh complex. An interesting feature of the Okefenokee is the instability of peat areas when you walk on them. Hence, the name "Okefenokee," which is translated from aboriginal dialect to mean "land of the trembling earth."

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