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. Along the way he paints a vivid portrait of evolving attitudes and changing regulations governing coastal conservation.
Moïse guides readers through his remarkable career in wildlife law enforcement along the South Carolina coast during all seasons, all hours, and all weather conditions. In briskly paced accounts of episodes--sometimes dangerous, sometimes humorous--he introduces a lively cast of watermen, lawyers, country judges, hunters, and poachers who animate the coast and whose quirky personalities and foibles are the game warden's daily stock in trade. Moïse's narrative highlights the working lives of commercial crabbers and shrimpers, the antics of overly enthusiastic fishermen, and the great lengths to which hunters will go in their quests for doves, ducks, and marsh hens. Moïse also describes encounters with displaced "urban wildlife," the coastal marijuana smuggling business, and his fellow game wardens.
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.
The memoir also features a foreword by Lloyd Newberry, celebrated hunter and senior editor of Sporting Classics Magazine. .
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