Outlines the history of occupations surrounding the collection and cultivation of food--from beekeeping, gardening, hunting, whaling, and fishing to farming of all kinds.
Fifteen-year-old Huger Dillard from the Lowcountry of South Carolina gets caught up in several mysteries when he and his blind uncle discover a headless corpse at the Hungry Neck Hunt Club.
Moose, who is good at drawing and making doughnuts, is upset when he loses his antlers, but his encounters with a hunter help them both gain self-respect.