More than an Occasional Dingbat
de Chris D. Hunter
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À propos du livre
More than an Occasional Dingbat consists of a series of essays written over a span of years and shared with family, friends and other tolerant, non-violent acquaintances. It was my intention that they would brighten the day for some, enlighten others of their waggish heritage and afford a means of keeping in touch that was less generic and infrequent as a two-page single-spaced Christmas letter. And some of them were just the result of nervous scribbling.
The title originates from a prior book, The Occasional Dingbat, which can still be purchased through the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum and Heritage Center located on Harkers Island, North Carolina. The term, Dingbat, is what the folks native to Down East North Carolina use to refer to non-native folks who have the audacity to settle there anyway. Sometimes they use it with a hint of endearment, sometimes not. Since I qualify as a Dingbat by anyone’s definition, colloquial or not, I feel privileged to incorporate the term in the title.
In these essays I ramble on about ships, shoes, ceiling wax and the Hunter legacy. Admittedly, I have no idea why anyone would put wax on their ceilings and I think you will be pleased to discover that I write with the same degree of authority in each of the stories that have been put together here.
Most of the pictures are of Down East. If you see a rock in one it was taken in Maine. If you see someone in the water it was taken in North Carolina… unless that person is blue. That would mean it’s a Maine photograph. And don’t be fooled into thinking of Maine if someone points out oyster rocks. That would be North Carolina. As I mentioned in my first book, I’ve included a good smattering of my photographs in case some polite folks might care to make a comment and the essays themselves have rendered them speechless.
Chris D. Hunter August, 2015
The title originates from a prior book, The Occasional Dingbat, which can still be purchased through the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum and Heritage Center located on Harkers Island, North Carolina. The term, Dingbat, is what the folks native to Down East North Carolina use to refer to non-native folks who have the audacity to settle there anyway. Sometimes they use it with a hint of endearment, sometimes not. Since I qualify as a Dingbat by anyone’s definition, colloquial or not, I feel privileged to incorporate the term in the title.
In these essays I ramble on about ships, shoes, ceiling wax and the Hunter legacy. Admittedly, I have no idea why anyone would put wax on their ceilings and I think you will be pleased to discover that I write with the same degree of authority in each of the stories that have been put together here.
Most of the pictures are of Down East. If you see a rock in one it was taken in Maine. If you see someone in the water it was taken in North Carolina… unless that person is blue. That would mean it’s a Maine photograph. And don’t be fooled into thinking of Maine if someone points out oyster rocks. That would be North Carolina. As I mentioned in my first book, I’ve included a good smattering of my photographs in case some polite folks might care to make a comment and the essays themselves have rendered them speechless.
Chris D. Hunter August, 2015
Caractéristiques et détails
- Catégorie principale: Humour
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Format choisi: Format paysage, 25×20 cm
# de pages: 46 -
ISBN
- Couverture rigide, jaquette: 9781320454438
- Couverture souple: 9781320454445
- Couverture rigide imprimée: 9781320454452
- Date de publication: août 20, 2015
- Langue English
- Mots-clés Dingbat, Down East, photography
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