W. Hodding Carter, Author . Atria $25 (274p) ISBN 978-0-7434-7406-1
When the author became the "adoptive father" of a Florida manatee named Brutus, he took his family to meet the 2,000-pound marine mammal at its home in the warm springs of the Everglades. As his interest in the species increased, it led to...
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W. Hodding Carter, Author Atria Books $24 (241p) ISBN 978-0-7434-7408-5
Though it's a pretty safe bet that the only people who pick up this book will be those who interested in sewage, the author's easy humor, average homeowner's point-of-view, and excitement for his subject should ensnare the casual browser. The book's
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W. Hodding Carter, Author Ballantine Books $25 (320p) ISBN 978-0-345-42003-9
Travel writing has churned up a new subset: the Ironic Adventure, in which the protagonist, unlike traditional explorers, is unskilled, untrained and traveling on a whim. In this engaging but uneven adventure, self-proclaimed ""chicken"" Carter...
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W. Hodding Carter, Author, Hodding Carter, Author Simon & Schuster $21 (304p) ISBN 978-0-671-79891-8
As a child, Carter, a freelance writer, was intrigued by the story of Lewis and Clark. In August 1992, he and his friend Preston Maybank set out to follow the famed pair's historic trail from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River at Astoria,...
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