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The story of Toby Tiger, a young Seminole in the Everglades who is in despair at having to live in the white man's world. "Allapattah" means alligator or crocodile, a creature which becomes Toby Tiger's obsession, and he must wrestle it to set himself free.

Twenty-five-year-old Seminole Toby Tiger lives in despair in the Florida Everglades. He loves the land and everything that exists in the natural world: the deer and egrets, turtles and herons, cypress trees and sawgrass, ponds and marshes, and, most of all, Allapattah, the crocodile... Read Full Overview

Twenty-five-year-old Seminole Toby Tiger lives in despair in the Florida Everglades. He loves the land and everything that exists in the natural world: the deer and egrets, turtles and herons, cypress trees and sawgrass, ponds and marshes, and, most of all, Allapattah, the crocodile... Read Full Overview