Strange Shellfish

July 21. 1951 Bayonne, New Jersey Dear Grandpa,

Just a note to let you know tha I'm fine. But this is a very strange place. You think we got big shell in the Bayou? They ain't nothin'. Up here they got some real monsters. The fellas brought me a crawfish big as ol' red askin' me to cook it up, but I told them we ain't eatin' no shellfish smell bad as that.

The guys tell me they seen even bigger ones--but I think they're pullin' my chain. Can't be none bigger than what I saw.

You take care and give ol' Red a pat on the head for me.

Thibodeaux