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Totch Brown and the Everglades Lifework in Ten Thousand Islands
Loren G. Totch Brown, born 1920 on Chokoloskee, is a lifelong Everglades resident who, after WWII service and a 1980s tax evasion sentence, devoted himself to recording Everglades history. He wrote Totch A Life In The Everglades, directed a public TV documentary, and now leads six hour tours while reflecting on the ecosystem’s decline and his free life along the mangrove island network of the Ten Thousand Islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loren G. ‘‘Totch’’ Brown
Chokoloskee
Totch
Estelle
the Everglades
Ten Thousand Islands
Desperado
Everglades
Truman
Everglades National Park
Gators
Rangers
Coast Guardsmen
Internal Revenue Service
Lexington