Biscayne National Park Finally Earns Some Respects as It Turns 40

Histories, novels and films featuring the Everglades, its colorful characters and the national park that preserves much of its remaining splendor could fill a room. But the ones about Biscayne National Park, its ignored neighbor, could barely fill a shelf -- and most of those focus on shipwrecks or Black Caesar, pirate namesake of the creek between Old Rhodes and Elliott keys.