Flatheads & spooneys : fishing for a living in the Ohio River Valley / Jens Lund.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lund, Jens, 1946- author.

Series:

Ohio River Valley series.

Ohio River Valley Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fishing--Ohio River Valley--Folklore.

Fishing.

Fishing villages--Ohio River Valley--History.

Fishing villages.

Ohio River Valley--History.

Ohio River Valley.

Ohio River Valley--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

Paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since the early 1800's, people have made a living fishing and harvesting mussels in the lower Ohio Valley. These river folk are conscious of an occupational and social identity separate from those who earn their living from the land. Sustained by a shared love of the river, deriving joy from the beauty of their chosen environment, and feeling great pride in their ability to subsist on its wild resources and to master the skills required to make a living from it, many still identify with the nomadic houseboat-dwelling subculture that flourished on the river from the early nineteenth century

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series Foreword; Preface; Introduction; 1 A History of Fishing and the River Folk; 2 The River's Resources; 3 Watercraft; 4 Hoop Net Fishing; 5 Fishing with Hooks and Lines; 6 Rigid Traps and Walls of Netting; 7 Musselling and Pearling; 8 Marketing, Cooking, and Eating Fish; 9 River Folklore; 10 Learning, Custom, and Identity; Conclusion; Appendix 1: Commercial Fish and Aquatic Life Species; Appendix 2: Mother-of-Pearl Mussel Species; Glossary; Bibliographical Essay; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813184777

0813184770

9780813150673

0813150671

OCLC:

604207810