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The last fish tale : the fate of the Atlantic and survival in Gloucester, America's oldest fishing port and most original town / Mark Kurlansky.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks SH 222 .M4 K87 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kurlansky, Mark.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fisheries--Massachusetts--Gloucester--History--Anecdotes.
- Fisheries.
- Fishing ports--Massachusetts--Gloucester--History--Anecdotes.
- Fishing ports.
- Gloucester (Mass.)--History--Anecdotes.
- Gloucester (Mass.).
- Massachusetts--Gloucester.
- Genre:
- History.
- Anecdotes.
- Physical Description:
- xxix, 269 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Ballantine Books, ©2008.
- Summary:
- From the "New York Times"--Bestselling author of "Cod, Salt," and "The Big Oyster" comes the colorful story of a way of life that for hundreds of years has defined much of America's coastlines but is slowly disappearing.
- Contents:
- Prologue: Pole Walkers xv
- Chapter 1 The First Gloucester Story 3
- Chapter 2 A Tale of Woe 19
- Chapter 3 The Island Named Gloucester 29
- Chapter 4 Scooning 35
- Chapter 5 The Replacements 60
- Chapter 6 Among the Rocks 90
- Chapter 7 This Gloire of Gloucester 106
- Chapter 8 While Gloucester Burns 124
- Chapter 9 The Fish Is in Us 141
- Chapter 10 The Sea and the Seaside 172
- Chapter 11 Surviving on the Mainland 219.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-253) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780345487278
- 0345487273
- OCLC:
- 176950070
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