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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 /

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.

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Main Author: Kurlansky, Mark.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Ballantine Books, ©2008.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects and Genres:
Fisheries > Massachusetts > Gloucester > History > Anecdotes.
Fishing ports > Massachusetts > Gloucester > History > Anecdotes.
Pêches > Massachusetts > Gloucester > Histoire > Anecdotes.
Ports de pêche > Massachusetts > Gloucester > Histoire > Anecdotes.
Fisheries.
Fishing ports.
Gloucester (Mass.) > History > Anecdotes.
Massachusetts > Gloucester.
Anecdotes
History.
Anecdotes.
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Table of 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.

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