The Doryman's Reflection
a fisherman's life
$68.36
- Hardcover
312 pages
- Release Date
24 July 2017
Summary
The Doryman’s Reflection: A Maine Fisherman’s Tale
Fishermen exist as relics, the last hunter-gatherers among us. Their boats, crammed with ropes and nets, carry the mystique of a near-forgotten world ruled by the elements. This is the story of Bernard Raynes, one of Maine’s last independent commercial fishermen. The author, now an accomplished writer, was once Raynes’s apprentice then a young man with no experience who came to Maine with a dream of working on a boat.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781944824228 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1944824227 |
| Author: | Paul Molyneaux |
| Publisher: | Skyhorse Publishing |
| Imprint: | Seahorse Publishing |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 312 |
| Release Date: | 24 July 2017 |
| Weight: | 526g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 33mm |
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“The seemingly inexhaustible resources of the New World triggered a fish rush that would continue into the twentieth century. The story of what happened during the last moments of that rush is brilliantly told by Paul Molyneaux in The Doryman’s Reflection.” - The New York Review of Books“The seemingly inexhaustible resources of the New World triggered a fish rush that would continue into the twentieth century. The story of what happened during the last moments of that rush is brilliantly told by Paul Molyneaux in The Doryman’s Reflection.” - The New York Review of Books
About The Author
Paul Molyneaux
Paul Molyneaux began working in commercial fishing as a “lumper,” unloading scallop boats, in 1976. He now writes about fisheries and marine issues for The New York Times, Yankee Magazine, and National Fisherman. He and his family split their time between Mexico and Maine.
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