Their Fathers' Work

Their Fathers' Work
Casting Nets with the World's Fishermen
William McCloskey

"No one writing today can match William McCloskey's knowledge of fishing or the breath of his experience at sea. He is the writer of record on world fishing."--William Warner--Pulitzer Prize winner, author of Beautiful Swimmers and Distant Waters. What reviewers said about Fish Decks, William McCloskey's previous book: "His Achievement has been to write a paean for a way of life."--Smithsonian. "His love for the fishing trade in all its aspects imbues every page of this vivid book."--Washington Post Book World. "A gripping account of his experience among the independent, vigorous men and women with whom he hauled lines and gutted fish under hand-numbing conditions."--Publishers Weekly. "His vivid descriptions of maritime fishing might well be placed beside Peter Matthiessen's Men's Lives for anyone interested in understanding the hard price these people pay for their chosen way of life."--Library Journal.

Acknowledgments. Introduction. Asking for It. It's a Livin'. Rollers. Atavism. Encroachments. Knee-Deep in Crude and Bullshit. Turbot Warriors. Myre Remembered. Russians and Spaniards. Outporters. Plankton Soup. Siwashers. Barefoot on the Java Sea. Unseen Forces. The Unforgiving Bar. The Fish Habits of Japan. Fencing the Ocean commons. Mr. Bigfoot on the Raw-Bacon Circuit. harpooners. hanging Genki with the Squidders. Floating Cities. Generations. Dividing and Protecting the Loot. No Promises. Changes--Count on Nothing. Catching Fish. Epilogue. Maps. Index. Color Photographs Follow Page. Black-And-White Photographs.

Hard 0070453470 Mar 1998 370p. 32 Illus. 6 3/8 x 9 1/4
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Their Fathers' Work

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