. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. BOOK MARKET Summer Time and the Reading is Easy By P a m Smith ./\hhh. Summer is here at last. Time to head to the coast for that well-deserved escape from the work-a-day world. Don't forget the sun block, a comfortable beach chair — and a sack full of good books. Forget spreadsheets and technical reports. Now is the time to readjust for the fun of it. And, there are plenty of books — fictional or factual — to match that coastal state of mind. • Saltwater Cowboys. 2004, by Bill Morris, John F. Blair, Publi
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. BOOK MARKET Summer Time and the Reading is Easy By P a m Smith ./\hhh. Summer is here at last. Time to head to the coast for that well-deserved escape from the work-a-day world. Don't forget the sun block, a comfortable beach chair — and a sack full of good books. Forget spreadsheets and technical reports. Now is the time to readjust for the fun of it. And, there are plenty of books — fictional or factual — to match that coastal state of mind. • Saltwater Cowboys. 2004, by Bill Morris, John F. Blair, Publisher (Formerly distributed by Coastal Carolina Press); Paperback, $13. ISBN 1-928556-45-0. Jump into Down East culture with Saltwater Cowboys by Bill Morris. Fact and fiction run parallel in this well-told story set in Croaker Neck, an imaginary fishing village somewhere east of Beaufort. Folks there eek out their living from seasonal harvests of shrimp, crab, clam and assorted finfish. Navigating in challenging weather and regulatory conditions should generate enough drama for Morris' cast of colorful characters. But now, villagers are caught up in a genuine mystery: Sea turtles are "stranding" in curious places — from a hotel hot tub to a country club fountain. Nearly everyone is suspect. A federal agent is determined to nab the person or persons responsible for violating the Endangered Species Act. Dodge Lawson, whose job is to return stranded or rehabilitated sea turtles to offshore waters, has his hands full sorting out facts from rumors. Solving the mystery could help Lawson win the heart of the beautiful Use, who heads the save-the-turtle effort. To make matters worse, finger pointing is pushing animosities between commercial and recreational anglers to a boiling point. Trouble travels to Raleigh, where commercial fishers arrive by bus and boat-pulling pick-ups to rally state legislators' support for their endangered way of life. Coincidentally, a gro
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