An Unreasonable Woman: A True Story of Shrimpers, Politicos, Polluters and

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An Unreasonable Woman: A True Story of Shrimpers, Politicos, Polluters and the Fight for Seadrift, Texas
by Diane Wilson

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A woman warrior fights for her Texas town
A review by Kendra Nordin

In the tiny town of Seadrift, Texas, one woman -- a longtime
shrimper most often seen in the white rubber boots of her trade
-- sensed a change. And it wasn't good.

While perched inside the fish house she managed on the dock next
to Lavaca Bay, Diane Wilson read a newspaper article that altered
the course of her life: A study released by the Environmental
Protection Agency had just declared her county one of the most
polluted in the nation.

It wasn't long before the bay where her family had dragged their
nets for decades was offering up dead shrimp and dolphin carcasses.

To a Texas woman with a knack for untangling fishermen's nylon
nets and chasing after five young children of her own, signs that
something is wrong don't get much more obvious than that.

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