Hatteras Blues

“Does this great sport fishery justice. If you love the Banks—the real Banks from Oregon Inlet to Ocracoke—you will love this book.”—Gray’s Sporting Journal

“The book takes us through moments of wonder and sorrow, fear and comedy, to a triumph of the human spirit.”. . . . [A] handsomely made and compellingly written book."—News & Observer

“Beautifully written. . . . Readers will be glad Carlson chose to tell this tale of the blues, what some call progress, and how and why we should all continue living life on the edge.”—Our State

“Will appeal to anyone who realizes just how cool the Outer Banks and its people are. . . . Carlson does an admirable job of preserving a good bit more of the Hatteras character. And of telling us something about fishing—and loss.”—Winston-Salem Journal

“Hatteras Blues deserves to be read, reread, discussed, taught, written about, reprinted, and otherwise kept alive—for its sake and ours. Without exaggeration, this book deserves a permanent place in the . . . company of Thoreau’s Cape Cod, Beston’s The Outermost House, and Maclean’s A River Runs Through It. It deserves to become a classic.”—North Carolina Literary Review

“Simply one of the best books written about cultural change on the Outer Banks.”—Roanoke Times

“Hatteras Blues is first-class, enjoyable reading for any fisherman needing a good yarn, based on real-life experiences on the boat and off. . . . This is one of the best new fishing books of the year.”—The Fisherman

“Poignant. . . . Carlson manages to capture quite well the life and times and independent spirit of the Hatteras watermen and their threatened existence.”—Island Breeze

“To say Hatteras Blues is just a fish story would be akin to claiming that The Old Man and the Sea is about a boat ride in the Gulf Stream.”—Courier-Journal

“Hatteras Blues weaves together information about the history of the Outer Banks and the fishing there as well as such related topics as geology, hurricanes, lifesaving, and lighthouses. His sketches of the Fosters and others capture the wit, character, and bravery of Hatteras people in a manner that is intimate and insightful without being intrusive.”—Booklist