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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100670033243
ISBN-139780670033249
eBay Product ID (ePID)30240225
Product Key Features
Book TitleLobster Coast : Rebels, Rusticators, and the Struggle for a Forgotten Frontier
Number of Pages384 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicUnited States / State & Local / New England (Ct, mA, Me, NH, Ri, VT), General, Fishing, Customs & Traditions, United States / General, Fisheries & Aquaculture
Publication Year2004
IllustratorYes
GenreTravel, Technology & Engineering, Sports & Recreation, Social Science, History
AuthorColin Woodard
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight20.5 Oz
Item Length9.4 in
Item Width6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2004-041496
Dewey Edition22
ReviewsAims for the emotional clarity of the anecdotal with a chillingly microscopic account of just how our various follies have come about... He is a strong, impassioned writer. (Bill McKibben, The Boston Sunday Globe) If current literature were to be collected and canonized, this book would be the equivalent of Jeremiah... A passionate, powerful travelogue. (The Dallas Morning News), Aims for the emotional clarity of the anecdotal with a chillingly microscopic account of just how our various follies have come about... He is a strong, impassioned writer. (Bill McKibben, The Boston Sunday Globe ) If current literature were to be collected and canonized, this book would be the equivalent of Jeremiah... A passionate, powerful travelogue. ( The Dallas Morning News )
Dewey Decimal974.1/044
SynopsisFor more than four hundred years the people of coastal Maine have clung to their rocky, wind-swept lands, resisting outsiders’ attempts to control them while harvesting the astonishing bounty of the Gulf of Maine. Today’s independent, self-sufficient lobstermen belong to the communities imbued with a European sense of ties between land and people, but threatened by the forces of homogenization spreading up the eastern seaboard.In the tradition of William Warner’s Beautiful Swimmers, veteran journalist Colin 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. Through forgotten wars and rebellions, and with a deep tradition of resistance to interference by people from away,” Maine’s lobstermen have defended an earlier vision of America while defying the tragedy of the commons”—the notion that people always overexploit their shared property. Instead, these icons of American individualism represent a rare example of true communal values and collaboration through grit, courage, and hard-won wisdom.
LC Classification NumberF27.A75W66 2004
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- 22. Apr. 2016
Easy, entertaining and engaging.
Excellent and readable book. Written in an engaging conversational manner yet filled with historical education. Entertaining history of Britain, New England and Native Americans paired with an explanation of the underwater rocky world. Hard to put down!Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
