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978-0-89587-104-6
0-89587-104-1
$14.95 paperback
5" x 8"
182 pages black-and-white photos, appendixes, index.
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Around Holden Beach, North
Carolina, shrimp are known as "bugs," and the men who catch
them for a living are "bug hunters." With the domestication of
most other animals used for food, the Holden Beach shrimpers are among
the last true hunters, dragging the ocean for creatures the size of a
human thumb.
During their many visits to
Holden Beach, Richard and Barbara Kelly grew fascinated with the distant
sight of the shrimp boats and their simple dance upon the sea. Finally,
they got a chance to meet the shrimpers. They were invited aboard the
boats and regaled with tales of life on the water. They met the workers
at the local fish houses, along with the Holden Beach boatbuilders, who
fashioned hundreds of craft without ever using a blueprint.
But they also learned that
the Carolina waterman is an endangered species. The shrimpers are being
squeezed by government regulations, environmental pressures, and foreign
competition. The boatbuilders have all retired.
The Kellys did not want to
let the way of life of the Carolina watermen go unchronicled. This is
their tribute to a hard-working people they have come to admire.
about the authors
Richard and Barbara Kelly have been regular visitors to Holden Beach
since 1983. The author of numerous books, Richard is a professor of
English at the University of Tennessee. Barbara is an administrator for
a community-action agency in Knoxville, where the couple lives.
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