Their Fathers' Work: Casting Nets with the World's Fishermen - Softcover

Mccloskey, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 007135820X ISBN 13: 9780071358200

Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press, 2000

Synopsis

An account of commercial fishermen at work in a hard profession. The author sailed with fishermen and women in all the seas of the world, from Indonesian village fishermen to a Japanese squid boat in the North Pacific, to cod fishermen on the Grand Banks in Alaska.

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Review:

"McCloskey writes with first-hand knowledge and passion about the sea and the men and women who fish it, survive it, sometimes drown in it." (Audubon Naturalist News 1998-12-14)

"The book is an eloquent statement about the poor health of the world's fisheries, as well as the lives of the world's fishermen. Few recent books have told their story in such epic proportions. (The Telegram 1998-11-30)

Book Description:

Fishing is the last of the hunting occupations and one of the most dangerous, with a mortality rate twice of a New York City police officer. This book will put the reader right on the deck working along with the fishermen and women of the world, encountering storms, bureaucrats, sinkings, poor catches, and just enough good luck to fish another day.

About this edition

• Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 007135820X
• ISBN 13: 9780071358200
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 370