Parker confirmed the name of the book that has since become the nickname for the Everglades when Douglas, trying to capture the essence of the Everglades, asked if she could safely call the fresh water flowing from Lake Okeechobee a river of grass.
Parker confirmed the name of the book. This book has since become the nickname for the Everglades. If she could safely call the fresh water flowing from Lake Okeechobee a river of grass. This was what Douglas asked. Douglas was trying to capture the essence of the Everglades.