No Matter how far we may wander, Texas lingers with us, coloring our perceptions of the world.
— Elmer Kelton, Texas Western Fiction Author
The small town of Seadrift, Texas, on the Alamo Bay, just across San Antonio Bay from the Aransas Wildlife Refuge, found itself front and center in the news in 1979 when a Vietnamese refugee killed a White fisherman in self defense. At around the same time, a woman working in Seadrift began to note illness in wildlife that she came to believe was connected to the petrochemical industry.
Kirk Wallace Johnson follows these two stories - existential fights over fishing rights and over the health of the Gulf of Mexico - in The Fishermen and the Dragon.
We will meet in person on May 21 at 10:30AM, with lunch following the conversation. For those unable to join us in person, we will have a zoom conversation on May 23 afternoon at 2:00PM.
Wonder what we have been reading? Take a peek, and then join us at our next meeting!
