Sublime

a man who lived as if the wild places of the hemisphere were his for the taking.

Lunch over, we got back to the boats. The water is dirty and slimy, so that when we back up and rev the motors, mud just churns up and the stench is awful. The water is all covered with nasty green algae, and you can see black snakes slithering through it. They put me at ease by telling me that the alligators were rather tired in this particular ar

He also drank a cup of shark liver oil each day from the big drum in the shack where many of the fishermen kept their gear. It was there for all fishermen who wanted it. Most fishermen hated the taste. But it was no worse than getting up at the hours that they rose and it was very good against all colds and grippes and it was good for the eyes.

Seidemann told me he used to catch mainly buffalo, which are native to the Mississippi River and its tributaries. (Buffalo look a bit like carp but belong to an entirely different family.) When Asian carp arrived, buffalo populations plummeted. Now Seidemann makes most of his income from contract killing for the Illinois Department of Natural Resou