The Lobster Coast - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Lobster Coast write by Colin Woodard. This book was released on 2005-04-26. The Lobster Coast available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “A thorough and engaging history of Maine’s rocky coast and its tough-minded people.”—Boston Herald “[A] well-researched and well-written cultural and ecological history of stubborn perseverance.”—USA Today For more than four hundred years the people of coastal Maine have clung to their rocky, wind-swept lands, resisting outsiders’ attempts to control them while harvesting the astonishing bounty of the Gulf of Maine. Today’s independent, self-sufficient lobstermen belong to the communities imbued with a European sense of ties between land and people, but threatened by the forces of homogenization spreading up the eastern seaboard. In the tradition of William Warner’s Beautiful Swimmers, veteran journalist Colin Woodard (author of American Character: A History of the Epic Struggle Between Individual Liberty and the Common Good) traces the history of the rugged fishing communities that dot the coast of Maine and the prized crustacean that has long provided their livelihood. Through forgotten wars and rebellions, and with a deep tradition of resistance to interference by people “from away,” Maine’s lobstermen have defended an earlier vision of America while defying the “tragedy of the commons”—the notion that people always overexploit their shared property. Instead, these icons of American individualism represent a rare example of true communal values and collaboration through grit, courage, and hard-won wisdom.
The Lobster Gangs of Maine
The Lobster Gangs of Maine - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Lobster Gangs of Maine write by James M. Acheson. This book was released on 2012-05-22. The Lobster Gangs of Maine available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An anthropologist describes the working world of Maine lobstermen, focusing on the intricate personal network that sustains them.
The Maine Lobster Book
The Maine Lobster Book - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Maine Lobster Book write by Virginia M. Wright. This book was released on 2012. The Maine Lobster Book available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Everyone loves lobster - especially Maine lobster. This fun, fact filled book brings the reader on the lobster's journey from ocean floor to plate, stopping along the way to get to know the people and places of Maine's iconic industry.
The Mermaid and the Lobster Diver
The Mermaid and the Lobster Diver - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Mermaid and the Lobster Diver write by Laura Hobson Herlihy. This book was released on 2012-04-12. The Mermaid and the Lobster Diver available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Approximately 90 percent of Miskitu boys and men in the Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve along the north coast of Honduras have worked as deepwater divers in the lobster industry and their participation has left an indelible imprint on their society. While lobster diving is lucrative, it is also a life-threatening occupation and many divers have been injured or killed from decompression sickness—locally referred to as liwa mairin siknis (Mermaid sickness). According to Miskitu folklore, the Mermaid is the main water spirit, owner of all fresh and saltwater resources and capable of punishing male divers for extracting too many of her lobsters. Wary of the wrath of the supernatural liwa mairin, these men face another threat on shore: Miskitu women who use sexual magic—praidi saihka—as a tool to control men’s wages and ensure that they continue to provide them with money. Interspersed with short stories, songs, and incantations, The Mermaid and the Lobster Diver demonstrates the archetypes of femininity and masculinity within Miskitu society, highlighting the power associated with women’s sexuality—as manifested in both goddess and human form—and the vulnerable position of men.
The Secret Life of Lobsters
The Secret Life of Lobsters - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Secret Life of Lobsters write by Trevor Corson. This book was released on 2009-10-13. The Secret Life of Lobsters available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “Lobster is served three ways in this fascinating book: by fisherman, scientist and the crustaceans themselves. . . . Corson, who worked aboard commercial lobster boats for two years, weaves together these three worlds. The human worlds are surely interesting; but they can’t top the lobster life on the ocean floor.” — Washington Post In this intimate portrait of an island lobstering community and an eccentric band of renegade biologists, journalist Trevor Corson escorts the reader onto the slippery decks of fishing boats, through danger-filled scuba dives, and deep into the churning currents of the Gulf of Maine to learn about the secret undersea lives of lobsters. This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.
