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1 online resource |
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Ben McC. Moïse served with distinction as a South Carolina game warden for nearly a quarter century, patrolling the coastal woods and waters of the Palmetto State. In this colorful career-spanning memoir, the cigar-chomping, ticket-writing scourge of lowcountry fish-and-game-law violators chronicles grueling stakeouts, complex trials, hair-raising adventures, and daily interactions with a host of outrageous personalities. With a lawman's eye for fine details, a conservationist's nose for the aroma of pluff mud, and a seasoned storyteller's ear for the rhythms of a good southern yarn, Moïse recounts his stout-hearted and steadfast efforts to protect the lowcountry landscape and bring to justice those who would run roughshod over fish and game laws on the Carolina coast. Along the way he paints a vivid portrait of evolving attitudes and changing regulations governing coastal conservation. |
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Print version record. |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; "Mudflat Moïse"; Murphy's Law; Hen Hunting in the Salt Marsh; Watermen and the Lowcountry Scene; Tales of the Net Patrol; Shrimpers; Crab Pots and Poachers; Cast Nets and Bait Balls; Dove Fields and Cracked Corn; A Few Upland Adventures; The Duck Hunters; Passing the Torch, Spreading the Word; Wildlife in the City; Feathered Disasters; Hook, Line, and Sinker; Game Wardens; Marijuana, Homegrown and Imported; Off and Running. |
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Moïse, Ben McC.
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Moïse, Ben McC. (OCoLC)fst01682589
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Game wardens -- South Carolina -- Biography.
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South Carolina -- Description and travel.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Law Enforcement.
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Game wardens. (OCoLC)fst00937511
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Travel. (OCoLC)fst01155558
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South Carolina. (OCoLC)fst01204600
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Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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Moïse, Ben McC. Ramblings of a lowcountry game warden. Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, ©2008 9781570037283 (DLC) 2007033326 (OCoLC)164570848 |
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9781611171181 (electronic bk.) |
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1611171180 (electronic bk.) |
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