Jack Rudloe
Woodstork Press; 3rd Edition (March 28, 2015)
THE LIVING DOCK
Overview.
PRAISE |
Sometimes, a dock isn't just a dock. It's a habitat, a living thing.
In the tiny fishing community of Panacea, Florida, the author's floating dock nurtures an abundance of marine life. Crabs, worms, mollusks and algae make their home there, attracting and feeding fish and other creatures higher up the food chain. These also feed the author's business, Gulf Specimen Marine Lab, which supplies specimens to research and teaching institutions: marine fauna from his dock, from nearby mud flats and beaches, and netted offshore from his little shrimp boat, "Penaeus."
This entertaining and educational book looks at the life histories of some of these creatures, and recounts Rudloe's experiences in collecting them, in the process examining man's relationship with the natural world.
Great Outdoors Publishing.
1st Edition
April 1, 2003
SEARCH FOR THE GREAT TURTLE MOTHER
Praise
OVERVIEW |
"Rudloe has for decades, dazzled us with his acumen as a naturalist and outspoken environmentalist. Celebrated as a nonfiction writer, he now proves himself a literary man for all seasons. POTLUCK grabs you from the first page and doesn't let go. Awash with intrigue, betrayal and action, Rudloe tells the unspoken truth about the drug culture that has evolved on the Gulf coast, where innocent lives are overturned - capsized by the lure of quick riches and the simply tide of circumstance. In addition to being a great read, this book is, in a historical sense, truly important.
-- Joe Hutto
Author of Illumination in the Flatwoods
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"A writer who has kept reader's spellbound with descriptions of the life cycle of an oyster now turns his powers loose on human beings. In this gripping sea tale, desperation and greed collide as violent men and their machines fight out a living on the Gulf coast.
-- Bailey White
Author of Mama Makes Up Her Mind, Sleeping at the Starline Motel and Quite a Year for Plums
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"Jack Rudloe's nonfiction account of living on the Gulf Coast," is a Florida classic that ranks with Crosscreek. In POTLUCK, Mr. Rudloe proves he can handle fiction with the same energy and insightful style.
-- Randy Wayne White
Author of Captive, Shark River and The Man Who Invented Florida
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"POTLUCK is a joy to read - taut and suspenseful - by a writer who knows the high seas."
-- Winston Groom
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