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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 Paperback - 2009
by Mark Kurlansky
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. Illustrated.
Summary
"A marvelous, compelling tale"(Rocky Mountain News) from the New York Times bestselling author of Salt and Cod.
Gloucester, Massachusetts, America's oldest fishing port, is defined by the culture of commercial fishing. But the threat of over-fishing, combined with climate change and pollution, is endangering a way of life, not only in Gloucester but in coastal cities all over the world. And yet, according to Kurlansky, it doesn't have to be this way. Engagingly written and filled with rich history, delicious anecdotes, colorful characters, and local recipes, The Last Fish Tale is Kurlansky's most urgent story, "an engrossing multi-layered portrait of a fishing community that can be read for pure pleasure as well as being a campaigning plea for the environment" (Financial Times).
Gloucester, Massachusetts, America's oldest fishing port, is defined by the culture of commercial fishing. But the threat of over-fishing, combined with climate change and pollution, is endangering a way of life, not only in Gloucester but in coastal cities all over the world. And yet, according to Kurlansky, it doesn't have to be this way. Engagingly written and filled with rich history, delicious anecdotes, colorful characters, and local recipes, The Last Fish Tale is Kurlansky's most urgent story, "an engrossing multi-layered portrait of a fishing community that can be read for pure pleasure as well as being a campaigning plea for the environment" (Financial Times).
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- Title The Last Fish Tale: The Fate of the Atlantic and Survival in Gloucester, America's Oldest Fishing Port and Most Original Town
- Author Mark Kurlansky
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Riverhead Books
- Date 2009-05-05
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9781594483745 / 1594483744
- Weight 0.51 lbs (0.23 kg)
- Dimensions 7.78 x 5.06 x 0.64 in (19.76 x 12.85 x 1.63 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Cultural Region: New England
- Geographic Orientation: Massachusetts
- Library of Congress subjects Fisheries - Massachusetts - Gloucester -, Fishing ports - Massachusetts - Gloucester -
- Dewey Decimal Code 639.209
Media reviews
"A heartfelt tribute...as beautifully-written as the fondest and best-crafted eulogy."
-Boston Globe
"A colorful history of Gloucester...rich, varied, and satisfying, just like a good chowder."
-Entertainment Weekly
-Boston Globe
"A colorful history of Gloucester...rich, varied, and satisfying, just like a good chowder."
-Entertainment Weekly
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