My new book is the first of the coastline series, which is a portrait of our littoral areas with an eye toward climate change preparedness and adaptation. Ocean rise will cause major changes in our coastline habitation and utilization. This book, done in cooperation with the Coastal Conservation League, is an in-depth look at my homeland, the South Carolina coast and also examines the relationship of rice and slavery which had such a formative role on this coastline, and the USA.