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Against the Tide: The Fate of the New England Fisherman
Against the Tide The Fate of the New England Fisherman
Author: Richard Adams Carey
The world of the independent fisherman is a world of constant peril, of arcane folkways and expert knowledge, of calculated risk and self-reliance -- and of freedom won daily through backbreaking, solitary work. It's a way of life deep in the American grain. Richard Adams Carey spent a year with four New England fisherman, hauling traps, seeding...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780395765302
ISBN-10: 0395765307
Publication Date: 6/1/1999
Pages: 382
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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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An interesting examination of the both the nuts and bolts and the politics of the New England fishing industry. Sometimes very technical, but author Carey's prose is both supple and sometimes even rhapsodic.


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