Visitors to the Southeast have always been fascinated and frightened by these "modern dragons". This book contains a wealth of facts, myths and folklore about 29 kinds crocodilians, including Florida natives the alligator and American crocodile. Best of all, this book is bursting with 'gator cartoons by the late Dick Bothwell, for many years a humor columnist for the St. Petersburg Times. His O.A.T. column ("Of All Things") was long a favorite with Times readers.