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The Lobster Chronicles: Life on a Very Small Island
by Greenlaw, Linda
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0786885912
- ISBN 13
- 9780786885916
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About This Item
USA: Hyperion, 2002. First Thus. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. First Trade Paperback Printing, in Very Good Condition. Blue-gray pictorial wrappers, white titles, very clean and unmarked with ttrace wear to lower edge, slightly rubbed along hinge, no creases. Former owner names on first page. Pages clean and free from any markings, lightly toned. Life on a small island suits LInda Greenshaw--you may remember her as the author of "The Hungry Ocean", her first book, about swordfishing. She decided to give up swordfishing and move back to her island home, Isle au Haut, Maine, where 30 of the 70 island residents are relatives. She wanted to settle down, become a lobsterman--but the lobsters don't cooperate--well, this is her story, a story for anyone who loves boats and the ocean, everyone who has reached a crossraods in life, and everyone who wondered what it would be like to live on a small island. 238 pages. 8 x 5.25 inches. Hyperion, USA, 2002.
Synopsis
In THE LOBSTER CHRONICLES, Linda Greenlaw returns from her years of adventure to Isle au Haut, the island that has been the Greenlaw home for five generations. There are only 70 year-round residents on the island, 10 of whom are Greenlaws. In describing her first year as a lobsterman, the author explores themes of love, family, and the pursuit of a simpler life. In particular, she discusses working with her father, who is her helmsman, and their relationship – what they learn about lobstering and each other. The book contains many vivid, and sometimes hilarious, stories of life on Isle au Haut and the characters who live there.THE LOBSTER CHRONICLES also describes the ongoing battle between Isle au Haut lobstermen and the Stonington lobstermen. This is the war that is referred to in the title, and it is this conflict that provides a narrative arc for the book.The book integrates material on topics ranging from the secret ingredient in Linda’s mother’s lobster casserole recipe to island lore. In addition to these kinds of lighter items, THE LOBSTER CHRONICLES includes a harrowing section on three young island residents killed in a boating accident. As in THE HUNGRY OCEAN, Linda Greenlaw displays Tom Clancy’s genius for describing equipment, Jimmy Breslin’s flair for a yarn, and a wonderfully real voice, sometimes contemplative, often cranky, always all her own.
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- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022039
- Title
- The Lobster Chronicles: Life on a Very Small Island
- Author
- Greenlaw, Linda
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0786885912
- ISBN 13
- 9780786885916
- Publisher
- Hyperion
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 2002
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- FISHING LOBSTERS LOBSTERING SEA OCEAN MAINE ISLAND BOATS FISHERMEN ISLE AU HAUT,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana. Regional;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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