Wilderness Coast: Adventures of a Gulf Coast Naturalist

Jack and Ann Rudloe search the "wilderness coast"—that portion of the Florida Panhandle that juts south into the Gulf of Mexico—for unusual sea creatures and the answers to puzzling biological questions. Like any profession, specimen collecting has attendant hazards: being slashed by a sawfish, zapped by an electric ray, nipped by a sea turtle, or attacked by an alligator. More perilous yet is being caught offshore in a violent storm in a less-than-seaworthy boat. These and other adventures are recounted in this entertaining and informative book.