The Living Dock at Panacea

Rudloe, Jack

ISBN 10: 0394488555 / ISBN 13: 9780394488554

Published by Random House Inc, New York, 1977

About this Item

Fine first American edition, first printing in fine dust jacket. Dust jacket with light toning. Appears unread. Rudloe operates the Gulf Specimen Company on the Gulf coast of Florida and has written several books about his adventures and mishaps collecting marine specimens. Maybe not as colourful as Cannery Row but very entertaining. Rudloe is a well known conservationist and has been involved in many marine expeditions around the world. He has won numerous conservation awards but also called a 'nut' and an 'extremist' by his local press. He tried to start a campaign to get people to return their Exxon credit cards in a Ziplock bag of motor oil to Exxon after the Exxon Valdez oil spill. My kinda guy!

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Living Dock at Panacea
• Publisher: Random House Inc, New York
• Publication Date: 1977
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0394488555
• ISBN 13: 9780394488554
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Brereton-Hall, Olivia
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Weight: 555 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Natural History

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Synopsis

Sometimes, a dock isn't just a dock. It's a habitat, a living thing. In the tiny fishing community of Panacea, Florida, the author's floating dock nurtures an abundance of marine life. Crabs, worms, mollusks and algae make their home there, attracting and feeding fish and other creatures higher up the food chain. These also feed the author's business, Gulf Specimen Marine Lab, which supplies specimens to research and teaching marine fauna from his dock, from nearby mud flats and beaches, and netted offshore from his little shrimp boat, "Penaeus." This entertaining and educational book looks at the life histories of some of these creatures, and recounts Rudloe's experiences in collecting them, in the process examining man's relationship with the natural world.