Hatteras Blues: A Story from the Edge of America (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780807871225)

Tom Carlson tells the story of Ernal Foster and the Foster family of Hatteras Village, who gave birth to what would become the multi-million dollar charter fishing industry on the Outer Banks. Today, Ernal's son, Captain Ernie Foster, struggles to keep the family business alive in a time of great change on the Banks. Within the engaging saga of the rise and decline of one family's livelihood, Carlson relates the history and transformation of Hatteras Village and the high-adrenaline experience of blue-water sportfishing and the industry that surrounds it. Hatteras Blues is their story--a story of triumph and loss, of sturdy Calvinist values and pell-mell American progress, and of fate and luck as capricious as the weather.

Author: Tom Carlson
ISBN-10: 0807871222
ISBN-13: 9780807871225
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2010
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 9.24h x 6.36w x 0.63d