Tiggie: The Lure and Lore of Commercial Fishing in New England - Softcover

Peluso, Charles; Macfarlane, Sandy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1600080391 ISBN 13: 9781600080395

Publisher: Rooftop Pub, 2007

Synopsis

Commercial fishing, which tops the list of the world's most dangerous occupations, has long been a magnet for writers and readers. The subject addresses a hunger for the spirtit - for adventure, for conquest, solitude and for communion with the cosmos. "Why is almost every robust healthy boy with a robust healthy soul in him," Melville asks, "at some time or other crazy to go to sea?" Charles "Tiggie" Peluso and Sandy Macfarlane offer a convincing answer.

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About the Author

Tiggie Peluso arrived on Cape Cod in 1946 after serving in the Army in World War II, to begin a career in commerical fishing. He became proficient in four seperate types of fishing - longlining for cod, haddock and halibut; shellfishing for scallops, quahaugs and clams, rod and reel and flyfishing for striped bass: and fresh water fishing - an unusual achievement. He was a founding member and president of the Chatham Seafood Soop, the second largest fisherman's cooperative in New England. After 25 years of fishing, he dictated his story.

About this edition

• Publisher: Rooftop Pub
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1600080391
• ISBN 13: 9781600080395
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 300