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Chasing Davy Jones - Hardcover

Sheldon, Charlie

 
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Synopsis

It is 1977 and the 200-mile Fisheries Conservation Zone law has just passed. In New England everyone sees dollar bills jumping out of the ocean and all the hustlers, sharks, conmen and schemers are loose in the industry. Jim Hunt wants the bigger boat. Basil Banyon wants to reclaim earlier glories before his family lost their fleet to the Canadians in the 1950s. Walt Pesco just wants to make a decent living as a hired skipper and now he's working for Banyon. One October day Hunt's little 44-foot tub trawler

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About the Author

Charlie Sheldon worked in the New England fishing industry for almost twenty years, then at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. He is currently the Managing Director of the Seaport Division at the Port of Seattle.

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