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Oral History Review 2008 35(1):97-99; doi:10.1093/ohr/ohn002
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Fishing for Gold: The Story of Alabama's Catfish Industry

Gene Preuss

University of Houston–Downtown

FISHING FOR GOLD: THE STORY OF ALABAMA’S CATFISH INDUSTRY. By Karni R. Perez. Tuscaloosa, AL: The University of Alabama Press, 2006. 280 pp. Softbound, $22.95.

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Auburn, Alabama, independent researcher Karni R. Perez's very readable book takes readers on a behind the scenes tour of the rise of the state's catfish industry. She crafts her narrative from interviews she conducted, making the book especially relevant for oral historians. She interviewed over forty people involved in Alabama's catfish industry, from those involved in its rather inauspicious beginnings to . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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