Waiting
for the White Pelicans
And Other Tales of the Gulf Coast
by Paul Estronza La Violette
Illustrated by Patricia Rigney
175 pp
$19.95 Hardback with Dust Jacket
© 2000 by Paul Estronza La Violette
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Table of Contents
Preface ... 1
The First Day of Shrimping Season ... 6
Seagull, Seagull, on the Wall ... 11
Wakey! Wakey! Wakey! Rise and Shine ... 16
Waiting for the White Pelicans ... 21
The Louisiana Shrimper ... 28
The Wedding Guest ... 32
The Car Wave ... 37
But It's Not Thursday in Korea ... 41
The Seasons on the Mississippi Gulf Coast ... 48
The One Penny Chip ... 59
Holly and the Snakes ... 63
There's Mississippi River Mud in the Bay of St Louis ... 68
Lister's Pond – Part 1 ... 75
Lister's Pond – Part 2 ... 80
The Night Wolfdog Found his Home ... 85
A Time to be Careful and a Time to be Wise ... 89
The Mississippi Sound and the Barrier Islands ... 93
Blueberry Peaches, Strawberry Jam ... 102
Pirates in the Mississippi Sound ... 106
Sunrise, Sunset, Moonrise and the Greenflash ... 109
Me and the Silver Ranger... 115
... and Things that Go Bump in the Night ... 119
Once upon an Old Mattress ... 122
The Oysterman ... 127
Truth and Circumstances ... 130
The Bugabear ... 135
Weekend Guests and Other Friends ... 138
When Enough is Enough ... 142
Maybe She Won't Notice ... 146
Tidal Flats on a Winter Day ... 150
Travel Notes ... 154
You Have To Talk The Fisherman Talk, Walk The Fisherman Walk ... 160
One Penny, Two Penny, Three Penny, Four ... 164
Doing Seventy ... 167
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