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Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1-57131-665-3
Pages: 272
Publish Date: Dec, 2006
Genre: Young Readers
The Gulf Coast
A Literary Field Guide
BY Sara St. Antoine
Presents stories, poems, and essays that together convey what makes the Gulf Coast region distinct, both in terms of human history and the plants and animals that thrive there. The book also features the storytelling talents of the Gulf Coast region, including fishing tales, Cajun animal stories, Choctaw legends, and songs from the cotton fields.
The pieces in the book are divided into four areas.”Adventures" presents the sweet delights of scalloping and the sure terrors of hurricanes and floods;”Great Places" takes readers across sandy beaches, lettuce lakes, cypress swamps, and bayous;”Reapers and Sowers" introduces the many people who rely on the natural resources of the region, from cotton farmers to hunters to berry pickers;”Wild Lives" focuses on such creatures as alligators, egrets, rattlesnakes, manatees, and mosquitos.
The back of the book includes a schematic chart of the region, descriptions of the region’s habitats and plant and animal communities, and a list of natural areas. The Gulf Coast region stretches from the beaches and bottomland forests of east Texas to the bayous and floodplain forests of Louisiana and Mississippi to the swamps, islands, and seashores of Alabama and Florida, including the Florida Keys. Part of the region lies well inland, but all of it is characterized by a mild and humid climate, low-lying and often water-logged land.
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"Racked as we are about social and environmental ills, it is easy to miss how important it is to get this kind of information into the hands of the generation still a few steps shy of being able to cast their vote."
—Barry Lopez"With its Stories from Where We Live series, Milkweed Editions has been trying to restore a feeling of community to the country, one region at a time. Acclaim for the series continues to grow."
—Publishers Weekly"Capitalizes on young readers' inherent interest in the natural world."
—Riverbank Review"Every so often readers are given a literary gift that illuminates the beauty of the environment."
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