Alone at Sea: Gloucester in the Age of the Dorymen, 1623-1939

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The port of Gloucester, nestled under Cape Ann, has been a focal point for writers from Captains Courageous to The Perfect Storm. From its first settlement to its present struggles, the town has seen its share of boom and bust, expansion and retraction, loss and tragedy. The creator’s grandfather, Steve Ollson used to be lost at sea in 1935, in a dory, trawling for halibut. So who might be more in my opinion engaged in recording its history more fully or sympathetically than John Morris? His account, with more than seventy vintage photographs and maps, an extensive glossary of fishing terms, and a detailed chronology of the Gloucester fleet, including the entire fishermen and vessels lost at sea since 1693, is undoubtedly probably the most comprehensive record yet attempted to bring the town and its inhabitants to life. In Joe Garland’s words, here’s “a completely authoritative fishing history of Gloucester, the oldest, most dramatic, and colorful fishing port within the Western hemisphere.”

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