. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. BOOK MARKET ered with almost tangible menace, pawed the ground, and snorted short Hemingway sentences, resonant with ill ; Bangs battles charging crocodiles and hippos; flees an angry wildebeest, the Ethiopian revolution and tribesmen seeking testicular trophies; wanders the Ethiopian wilderness, lost and with shin splints; and explores the cliff-side dwelling of an invisible African hermit. He also climbs glorious waterfalls that send tendrils winding down rocky riverside gorges, explores the an
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. BOOK MARKET ered with almost tangible menace, pawed the ground, and snorted short Hemingway sentences, resonant with ill ; Bangs battles charging crocodiles and hippos; flees an angry wildebeest, the Ethiopian revolution and tribesmen seeking testicular trophies; wanders the Ethiopian wilderness, lost and with shin splints; and explores the cliff-side dwelling of an invisible African hermit. He also climbs glorious waterfalls that send tendrils winding down rocky riverside gorges, explores the ancient history revealed in the layered stones of river beds and rediscovers his passion for wild water on one of North Carolina's own rivers, the Chattooga. The Chattooga is not Bangs' only North Carolina tie, either. Buried in the middle of the book is a reference to Ann Pierce, a young woman who met Bangs in Addis Ababa in 1973 and rafted halfway down the Omo with him, paying for her trip with fresh food for the journey. Pierce is now on the North Carolina Sea Grant staff, braving the calmer waters around our Manteo office. If you're hankering for exotic locales, vicarious thrills and an unusual telling of the old story of self-discovery, don't let Bangs' excess of adjectives scare you. This is a book that brings you to the heart of unspoiled African wilderness. The author's sometimes overwrought prose cannot obscure the mysterious beauty of riverside land- scapes, or the joy of conquering a roiling white river. Hatteras Light by Philip Gerard. 1986. John F. Blair, Publisher, 1406 Plaza Dr., Winston-Salem, NC 27103. 232 pages. Paperback, $ ISBN 0-89587-166-1. This novel whisks readers back to 1918, to the tail-end of World War I, when Germany is sure to fall but U- boats still threaten North Carolina's shores. Gerard, who makes his home in. Wilmington, centers his action on the Hatteras lighthouse. In 1918, the Lifesaving Station adjacent to the light is still activ
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