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.
(December 21, 2009)
SHRIMP: THE ENDLESS QUEST FOR PINK GOLD
Praise
OVERVIEW |
"The Rudloe's leave the Living Dock behind for a voyage to the land of Pink Crustaceans, and I for one am happy to be aboard for that voyage."
-- Jimmy Buffett
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"Shrimp: The Endless Quest for Pink Gold is a deep and expert look not only at an important human human food source, but also of the fragile complexity of the ecosystem in which it is created."
-- Edward O. Wilson,
Pellegrino Research Professor, emeritus, Harvard University and two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize
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"Jack and Anne Rudloe aren't just Florida literary treasures, they are national treasures. Their most recent work, "Shrimp" is among their best - and that is very good, indeed!"
-- Randy Wayne White
Author of the Doc Ford Series
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"Rich in stories of seaman and the sea, Shrimp tells a fascinating story not only of the little creature itself, but of all the trials and tribulations the intrepid shrimper goes through to harvest it up. As scientists and marine biologists, the Rudloe's know whereof they speak, and as writers, they have the talent and grace to make it interesting."
-- Winston Groom
Author Forest Gump
