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Kelan Mercer (illustrator) and
Watt Key
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Univ of Alabama Pr
Publication date
September 1, 2015
Pages
198
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780817318857
ISBN-10
0817318852
Dimensions
1 by 7.75 by 9.75 in.
Original list price
$29.95
Other format details
university press
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
Among the Swamp People is the story of author Watt Keyâs discovery of the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta. âThe swampâ consists of almost 260,000 acres of wetlands located just north of Mobile Bay. There he leases a habitable outcropping of land and constructs a primitive cabin from driftwood to serve as a private getaway. His story is one that chronicles the beauties of the deltaâs unparalleled natural wonders, the difficulties of survival within it, and an extraordinary community of charactersâby turns generous and violent, gracious and paranoid, hilarious and recklessâwho live, thrive, and perish there.
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There is no way into the delta except by small boat. To most it would appear a maze of rivers and creeks between stunted swamp trees and mud. Key observes that there are few places where one can step out of a boat without âsinking to the knees in muck the consistency of axle grease. It is the only place I know where gloom and beauty can coexist at such extremes. And it never occurred to me that a land seemingly so bleak could hide such beauty and adventure.â
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It also chronicles Keyâs maturation as a writer, from a twenty-five-year-old computer programmer with no formal training as a writer to a highly successful, award-winning writer of fiction for a young adult audience with three acclaimed novels published to date.
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In learning to make a place for himself in the wild, as in learning to write, Keyâs story is one of âhoping someoneâeven if just myselfâwould find value in my creations.â
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There is no way into the delta except by small boat. To most it would appear a maze of rivers and creeks between stunted swamp trees and mud. Key observes that there are few places where one can step out of a boat without âsinking to the knees in muck the consistency of axle grease. It is the only place I know where gloom and beauty can coexist at such extremes. And it never occurred to me that a land seemingly so bleak could hide such beauty and adventure.â
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It also chronicles Keyâs maturation as a writer, from a twenty-five-year-old computer programmer with no formal training as a writer to a highly successful, award-winning writer of fiction for a young adult audience with three acclaimed novels published to date.
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In learning to make a place for himself in the wild, as in learning to write, Keyâs story is one of âhoping someoneâeven if just myselfâwould find value in my creations.â
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Hardcover
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With Watt Key |
from Univ of Alabama Pr (September 1, 2015)
9780817318857 | details & prices | 198 pages | 7.75 × 9.75 × 1.00 in. | 0.95 lbs | List price $29.95
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