The Last Fish Tale: The Fate of the Atlantic and Survival in Gloucester, America's Oldest Fishing Port and Most Original Town

Kurlansky, Mark

ISBN 10: 1433214776 ISBN 13: 9781433214776

Verlag: BLACKSTONE PUB, 2008

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Book by Kurlansky Mark

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Part treatise, part miscellany, unfailingly entertaining.

-- "New York Times "

Fascinating stuff...[Kurlansky] has a keen eye for odd facts and natural detail.

-- "Wall Street Journal"

Suffused with [Kurlansky's] pleasure in exploring the city across ground that hasn't already been covered with other writers' footprints.

-- "Los Angeles Times Book Review"

"A delightful, intimate history and contemporary portrait of the quintessential northeastern coastal fishing town...vividly depicts the contemporary tension between the traditional fishing trade and modern commerce."

-- "Publishers Weekly (starred review)"

"Kurlansky brings his storytelling elan to the fishing town of Gloucester, Mass...Such a multicultural place suits this author perfectly; he can revel in the local color, peek into the corners and under the floorboards...Kurlansky offers a broad, intelligent examination into the decline of the fisheries....A lucent addition to Gloucester's town treasury, featuring a wealth of dramatic stories."

-- "Kirkus Reviews"

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The best-selling author of Cod and Salt journeys to Gloucester, Massachusetts, America's oldest fishing port, to provide a close up look at the history of of the town, how fishing and the culture of fishing have defined the coastal region, and how the disappearance of this ancient way of life has transformed Gloucester. Simultaneous.

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• Verlag: BLACKSTONE PUB
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1433214776
• ISBN 13: 9781433214776
• Einband: CD de audio