Trosclair ignores his father's warning about Gargantua, the rogue alligator living in nearby Bayou Fontaine, and heads off into Bee Island Swamp to hunt for turtle eggs.
Thomas, a boy who is saved by the Moon from the bogles that inhabit Swampland, leads a rescue team into the swamp when the Moon's failure to appear leads them to believe she has been captured.
Uses unique illustrations and simple rhymes to describe a small boy sitting in the dark near a swamp who is suddenly frightened by strange sounds and believes a monster is out to get him.
A boy's heritage from his dying grandfather, who protects the alligators of their Louisiana swamp from poachers, is the knowledge of the ways of the swamp and how it should be kept undamaged. Includes information on alligators and swamps.
