Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Glenn Simmons" in English language version.
[Glenn] Simpson's mother, Maud Simmons Jones,... lived in Homestead all her life. The Simmons family home is described in Villages of South Dade and was designated as a historic site by the Metro-Dade Historical Preservation Board. The house was Grandma Newton's Bed and Breakfast until Hurricane Andrew destroyed it in 1992.
Like the artists that inspire the music, the name of the band, The Gladezmen, comes from an inspiring book that Nate personally loves, called The Gladesmen. The book was written by Glenn Simmons, which is about the people who hunted alligators in the everglades before it became a national park and before it was illegal to hunt them. All the members of the band enjoy this book, citing its many influences in their music and in naming their band.
Ogden, an associate professor of anthropology at Florida International University, came to her subject after Glen Simmons, a gladesman, asked her to help him author a book about his experiences in the Everglades. This was eventually published as Gladesmen: Gator Hunters, Moonshiners, and Skiffers by the University of Florida Press in 1998.
