Great stories of the sea / edited by Norman Ravvin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ravvin, Norman, 1963-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sea stories, American.

American fiction--20th century.

American fiction.

Physical Description:

239 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Red Deer, Alta. : Red deer Press, 1999.

Summary:

Great Stories of the Sea brings together the best stories of coastal life. When whaling was the continent's high-tech industry, the coast was America's Silicon Valley. And before anyone heard of Yukon gold, there was the rush for fish and timber along Newfoundland's rugged shore. The seaboards are a story-teller's paradise, a hothouse of history, a sea-bound adventure. Great Stories of the Sea includes stories of past centuries, as well as contemporary tales. It offers portraits of fishermen and their families' harbor lives, of working people and city life.

The lifeline for all the writers collected here is the ocean's edge. There's Stephen Crane, Frank Stockton, Norman Duncan, Thomas Raddall, Alistair Macleod, Silver Donald Cameron and many more with blustery, tales about ready ships and sailors longing to put to sea.

ISBN:

0889952191

OCLC:

41087111