The last fish tale : the fate of the Atlantic and survival in Gloucester, America's oldest fishing port and most original town /

Kurlansky, Mark

The last fish tale : the fate of the Atlantic and survival in Gloucester, America's oldest fishing port and most original town / Mark Kurlansky. - First edition. - xxix, 269 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-253) and index.

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.

9780345487278 0345487273

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Fisheries--History--Massachusetts--Gloucester--Anecdotes.
Fishing ports--History--Massachusetts--Gloucester--Anecdotes.


Gloucester (Mass.)--History--Anecdotes.

SH222.M4 / K87 2008

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