Trouble in the Everglades

When Tate Barkley meet[s] up with a man who calls himself Gator he doesnt know hes the boss of a gang of plumers - men who kill thousands of birds in the Everglades so their [plumes] can adorn fashionable ladies hats. In fact he doesnt even know what a plumer is. But he learns quick enough and more about the rough and dangerous bunch than he ever wanted to know. When he joins up with a rich Yankee detective whos hunting a friend thats gone missing in the vast and watery wilderness you can be sure theres going to be trouble in the Everglades--