Shrimp: The Endless Quest for Pink Gold - Couverture rigide

Rudloe, Jack; Rudloe, Anne

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0137009720 ISBN 13 : 9780137009725

Editeur : Financial TImes Prentice Hall, 2010

Synopsis

Book by Rudloe Jack Rudloe Anne

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

 “Shrimp: The Endless Quest for Pink Gold is a deep and expert look not only at an important 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

 

“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

 

“Rich in stories of seamen 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 Rudloes know whereof they speak, and as writers, they have the talent and grace to make it interesting.”

–From the Foreword by Winston Groom, author, Forrest Gump

 

“Most humans are said to be composed 90% of water, but for those of us who grew up on the Gulf of Mexico, I think that other 10% must be shrimp. The Rudloes 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

 

Biographie de l'auteur :

Jack and Anne Rudloe operate Gulf Specimen Marine Laboratories, Inc.–a unique environmental education center and public aquarium that supplies marine organisms to schools and research laboratories–in Panacea, Florida. (See their web site at www.gulfspecimen.org.) Jack has spent years working on shrimp boats, participated in the International Indian Ocean Expedition and has made collecting trips for the New York Aquarium and the National Cancer Institute. He has written six highly acclaimed and widely reviewed nonfiction books on the sea. His novel Potluck, a story of shrimping and smuggling, has been called a Florida classic.

 

Anne Rudloe has published two nonfiction books, Priceless Florida and Butterflies on a Sea Wind–a book on Zen mediation–and has also written many scientific research papers. Together, Anne and her husband have published articles in National Geographic, Smithsonian, Sports Illustrated, Natural History, Audubon, and other magazines. They have been featured in several major television documentaries on PBS and Jack has been interviewed on The Today Show, Good Morning America, Fox Network, and National Public Radio. In addition to writing columns for the Tallahassee Democrat, Anne is also an adjunct professor at Florida State University.

 

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Financial TImes Prentice Hall
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0137009720
• ISBN 13: 9780137009725
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 272