Displaying 1 of 1 2008 Format: Book Author: Kurlansky, Mark. Title: The last fish tale : the fate of the Atlantic and survival in Gloucester, America's oldest fishing port and most original town / Mark Kurlansky. Edition: 1st ed. Publisher, Date: New York : Ballantine Books, ©2008. Description: xxix, 269 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm 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. Subjects: Fisheries -- Massachusetts -- Gloucester -- History -- Anecdotes. Fishing ports -- Massachusetts -- Gloucester -- History -- Anecdotes. Gloucester (Mass.) -- History -- Anecdotes. Genre: Anecdotes. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-253) and index. Contents: Prologue: Pole Walkers The First Gloucester Story A Tale of Woe The Island Named Gloucester Scooning The Replacements Among the Rocks This Gloire of Gloucester While Gloucester Burns The Fish Is in Us The Sea and the Seaside Surviving on the Mainland Web Site: Table of contents LCCN: 2007051116 ISBN: 9780345487278 0345487273 Other Number: 176950070 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 219269 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 639.2097445 Kurlansk Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
