Thank you Janisse for sharing this on your Notes page and thank you Boyce for writing it. I saw it and read it and loved it. I now have some reading to do from the links that you shared in the post and have subscribe to your Substack as well.
I've long been a fan of Apalachicola oyster. I was born in LA (Lower Alabama) and spent many summers out at Cape San Blas. Loved it so much I moved down here 2 years ago from ATL. Can't wait to read more of your writing Boyce. You and my husband share the same name! :)
Glad to have you as a subscriber! You're in a lovely spot. My mom has been spending a month in town each winter, which is part of how I've gotten to know the town. And I never met another Boyce until I moved to the South! Seems to be a handful of us down here.
I'm sure you've read this but The Gulf of Mexico: A Maritime History by John S. Sledge was a 5 out of 5 stars book for me. I've got Jack Davis' book but haven't read it yet. Moving it up the "to be read" stack now.
We stayed on St George Island two years ago and I’d be lying if I didn’t say I spent the next several months trying to figure out how to buy an acre or two adjacent to ANF or Tate’s Hell. The downtown bookstore was A+ and even bought a signed book of Susan Cerulean’s. Our rental also had a copy of a book I had wanted to read for forever and had always kicked myself for not buying when it was originally published because it’s now out of print: The Saints of Old Florida. If you can find a copy, definitely read through it.
The loss of the Apalachicola oyster is a crime both by and against humanity. (Wait, am I speaking too strongly here?)
Thank you Janisse for sharing this on your Notes page and thank you Boyce for writing it. I saw it and read it and loved it. I now have some reading to do from the links that you shared in the post and have subscribe to your Substack as well.
I've long been a fan of Apalachicola oyster. I was born in LA (Lower Alabama) and spent many summers out at Cape San Blas. Loved it so much I moved down here 2 years ago from ATL. Can't wait to read more of your writing Boyce. You and my husband share the same name! :)
Glad to have you as a subscriber! You're in a lovely spot. My mom has been spending a month in town each winter, which is part of how I've gotten to know the town. And I never met another Boyce until I moved to the South! Seems to be a handful of us down here.
I'm sure you've read this but The Gulf of Mexico: A Maritime History by John S. Sledge was a 5 out of 5 stars book for me. I've got Jack Davis' book but haven't read it yet. Moving it up the "to be read" stack now.
I didn’t know Sledge’s book. I’ll seek it!
We stayed on St George Island two years ago and I’d be lying if I didn’t say I spent the next several months trying to figure out how to buy an acre or two adjacent to ANF or Tate’s Hell. The downtown bookstore was A+ and even bought a signed book of Susan Cerulean’s. Our rental also had a copy of a book I had wanted to read for forever and had always kicked myself for not buying when it was originally published because it’s now out of print: The Saints of Old Florida. If you can find a copy, definitely read through it.
And equity buying up that region is an atrocity.