Hatteras Journal Author:Jan Deblieu, Lois Lovejoy In 1985, Jan DeBlieu moved to the barrier island of Hatteras off the coast of North Carolina. For more than a year she roamed the island's dunes, marshes, waters, and towns to study its complex natural cycles, its fragile ecosystem, its bird, plant, and marine life, and the seasonal routines of its stoical residents. The result is nature wri... more »ting of the first rank.« less