Down at the Docks - Paperback
by Rory Nugent
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Anchor BooksISBN-13:9780385720137ISBN-10:385720130UPC:9780385720137Book Category:Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Regional Studies, United States, AnthropologyBook Topic:State & Local, Cultural & SocialSize:8.02 x 5.36 x 0.68 inchesWeight:0.4894Product ID:SCNMG3EQKR
In the opening pages of Moby Dick, Herman Melville called New Bedford, Massachusetts, "the dearest place to live in, in all of New England." But the old fishing port and manufacturing center--once one of the richest cities in New England--has withered in the modern economy. Its once-prosperous fishermen now struggle with government regulations and fished-out seas, while its empty factories now offer more work to the Fire Department than anyone else. In Down at the Docks, Rory Nugent tells the "riches to rags" story of this iconic American town through beautifully told and unsentimental portraits of its residents. Their lives inform a eulogy to the distinctive ideas, traditions, and culture that is about to disappear from the waterfront.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Anchor BooksISBN-13:9780385720137ISBN-10:385720130UPC:9780385720137Book Category:Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Regional Studies, United States, AnthropologyBook Topic:State & Local, Cultural & SocialSize:8.02 x 5.36 x 0.68 inchesWeight:0.4894Product ID:SCNMG3EQKR
Rory Nugent is an explorer and a writer. His previous books are The Search for the Pink-Headed Duck and Drums Along the Congo. An accomplished mariner, he has sailed single-handed across the Atlantic four and a half times, his last trip ending in shipwreck.
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