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AN UNREASONABLE WOMAN: A True Story of Shrimpers, Politicos, Polluters, and the Fight for Seadrift, Texas , by Diane Wilson, Chelsea Green River Publishing, 2005, 391 pages, $27.50 hardback (ISBN1-931498-88-1), $18 paperback (ISBN: 1-933392-27-4) THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE GULF Coast is primarily flat. When you're lucky enougf to fly over the region from Texas to Mississippi, the expanse of coastal marshes is amazing. It is sparse and desolate, yet gorgeous. Occasionally the mudflats and coastal grasses are broken up by a river, a bay, a city, or a massive refineiy. Last year, the overactive hurricane season changed this landscape. Marshes have been scrubbed bare. Cities and towns have been devastated. Four of the U.S.'s top 10 commercial fishing ports shut down as Katrina and Rita wreaked havoc on the docks, ice-houses, and boats necessary for the shrimp, crab, and oyster industries. But the seafood is still there, and fishermen will get back after it as soon as the boats are ...
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