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The Lobster Coast : rebels, rusticators, and the struggle for a forgotten frontier / Colin Woodard.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Woodard, Colin, 1968-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Atlantic Coast (Me.)--History.
- Atlantic Coast (Me.).
- Frontier and pioneer life--Maine--Atlantic Coast.
- Atlantic Coast (Me.)--Social life and customs.
- Atlantic Coast (Me.)--Biography.
- Maine--History.
- Maine.
- History.
- Frontier and pioneer life--Maine.
- Maine--Social life and customs.
- Manners and customs.
- Maine--Biography.
- Maine--Atlantic Coast.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 372 pages : maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Viking, 2004.
- Summary:
- In the tradition of William Warner's "Beautiful Swimmers," veteran journalist Woodard traces the history of the rugged fishing communities that dot the coast of Maine and the prized crustacean that has long provided their livelihood.
- Contents:
- Part 1 The Island 1
- Chapter 1 Monhegan 3
- Part 2 Proprietors 49
- Chapter 2 Dawnland 51
- Chapter 3 The First Frontier 76
- Chapter 4 Insurrections 116
- Part 3 Boom to Bust 155
- Chapter 5 Boom to Bust 157
- Chapter 6 Down and East 193
- Part 4 The New Frontier 233
- Chapter 7 Triumph of the Commons 235
- Chapter 8 Brave Old World 279.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [319]-362) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0670033243
- OCLC:
- 54046432
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