The Gulf Coast: A Literary Field Guide

Stories from Where We Live

by Sara St. Antoine (Editor), Paul Mirocha (Primary Contributor), Trudy Nicholson (Illustrator)

Written especially for families (with children ages 9 and up), this collection of stories, poems, and essays explores what makes the Gulf Coast region distinct, both culturally and environmentally. Four sections cover adventures (scalloping and hurricanes, for example); great places (swamps, bayous, lakes, and beaches); reapers and sowers (from cotton farmers to berry pickers); and wild lives (focusing on alligators, egrets, manatees, and other creatures). Featuring Choctaw legends and songs from the cotton fields, this book evokes the literature, history, geography, ecology, and society of one of America’s treasured regions.

272 pages, Paperback

First published June 26, 2006

About the author

Sara St. Antoine is an award-winning author and freelance writer. A graduate of Williams College, Sara holds a master's degree from the Yale School of the Environment. Her debut novel, Three Bird Summer, was selected as a Boston Globe Best Book of the Year and an ALSC Notable Children's Book for middle grade readers. She also edits the Stories from Where We Live anthology series, which celebrates place-based literature from different regions of North America. Originally from Michigan, Sara now lives in Massachusetts with her husband and two teenage daughters.