Dr. Carr
Archie Carr:
A Naturalist in Florida
Snakes and frogs…sturgeon and mastodons…wood storks, pelicans and an alligator in the front yard. Join renowned scientist and writer Archie Carr, and visit his favorite wild places in Florida. Learn about unique creatures, and about Archie himself, an equally rare creature. From the big springs of the Suwannee River valley to the mangrove islands of Everglades National Park, it's a Public Television journey through America's Eden. 
Scientist, Teacher...
Archie Carr was as unique a creature as those he wrote about. Carr's five children remember clearly that "adventure was a state of mind for him. To go anywhere with father was fun." For his students, "Archie was incredibly inspirational without appearing to work at it." Dr. Frank Nordley, Chair of the Zoology Department of the University of Florida, says simply, "As a colleague he was without peer." 
And Writer
His wife, Marjorie, declared that "Archie was a poet." E.O. Wilson, Harvard zoologist, agrees: "Carr fashions poetry out of sheer exuberance, and he animates natural history like no other writer before him." Pulitzer Prize winning author William Warner acknowledges that Carr inspired and encouraged him to become a writer. Excerpts from Carr's Florida writings -- A Naturalist in Florida -- have recently been published by Yale University Press.
The Documentary 
Beautiful photography, woven together with excerpts from Archie's work and conversations with family and friends, make wild Florida -- and Archie Carr -- come alive for Public Television audiences. 
 
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