The Heron Book

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by Alice Ravenel Huger Smith In the Heron book, rather than enchanting her readers with a fantasy tale, she amuses and awes us by telling the real story of the myriad long-legged w ading birds who called the Lowcountry home in 1912 and were nearly wiped out by the plume trade. With a mysterious and lush landscape as her backdrop, Ms. Smith paints the herons in all their beautiful, funny and fantastic peculiarities. A century later, these gorgeous creatures still grace our coast, thanks in part to Alice Smith and her fellow Charleston Renaissance artists, who helped us to finally see and understand.” Show more