Hatteras Journal - Hardcover

Deblieu, Jan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1555910106 ISBN 13: 9781555910105

Publisher: Fulcrum Pub, 1987

Synopsis

In 1985, Jan DeBlieu moved to the barrier island of Hatteras off the coast of North Carolina. For more than a year she roamed the island's dunes, marshes, waters, and towns to study its complex natural cycles, its fragile ecosystem, its bird, plant, and marine life, and the seasonal routines of its stoical residents. The result is nature writing of the first rank.

About this title

From the Back Cover

In 1985 Jan DeBlieu moved to Hatteras Island and took up residence in the old home of one of the Outer Banks' most historic families. For more than a year she explored the island's dunes, marshes, waters, and towns to study its complex natural cycles, its fragile ecosystem, its bird, plant, and marine life, and the seasonal routines of its stoic residents.

In Hatteras Journal she writes evocatively of a harsh but alluring worlds, where "in summer the sea oats explode with tawny seeds, the black skimmers glide over Pamlico Sound, the loggerheads heave themselves ashore on silent nights."

Along with her perceptive observations about the natural life she encounters, she describes the futility of former government policies such as dune construction, the dangers of peat mining to the sounds and bays, the efforts to protect loggerhead turtles on Bald Head Island, and the evolution of Hurricane Gloria and its effects on the barrier islands.

This is a vividly rendered account of the rigors and rewards of dwelling in a habitat where only the most resilient forms of life--natural and human--manage to prevail.

About the Author

Jan DeBlieu is the author of several books and articles whose topics range from endangered species to wind. She still lives on the Outer Banks of North Carolina.

Edition details

• Publisher: Fulcrum Pub
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 1555910106
• ISBN 13: 9781555910105
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 181