Articles
Working the Sea: Misadventures, Ghost Stories, and Life Lessons from a Maine Lobsterman
North Atlantic Books 2005 Don’t be fooled. This is not some quaint memoir of a lobsterman telling tales. It shatters any stereotypes. The first portion of the book sputters like a stubborn motor, but when it gets going, hang on — it’s hard to put down. Wendell Seavey’s stories run the gamut from his pre-Vietnam
Off-Season: Discovering America on Winter’s Shore
Three Rivers Press, 2004 When people tend to their daily lives The term is all wrong, the author says. Off-season is when what makes a community is most visible. When those who inhabit the Atlantic coast, either lured by the sea or there as a birthright, go on making a living, attending church, raising families,
This Cold Heaven: Seven Seasons in Greenland
Vintage Books, 2003 The biggest island on earth is 95 per cent ice, has an average temperature of -25 degrees Fahrenheit, and is in total darkness three months of the year. Greenland, known in Inuit as Kalaalit Nunaat, or White Earth, lured writer Gretel Ehrlich over seven years, weaving its icebound spell upon her. Seeking
On the Water: Discovering America in a Rowboat
On the Water: Discovering America in a Rowboat By Nathaniel Stone Broadway Books, 2002 Reviewed by Linda Beyus Traveling by boat from New York to New Orleans, then northward to Maine might not sound like such a great feat, but once you learn that Nathaniel Stone did this two-legged journey in a rowboat, you stand
Wooden Boats: In Pursuit of the Perfect Craft at an American Boatyard
Penguin Books 2002 “Boatstruck” Here is a book written so well that you just want to carry it with you all the time – an instant passport to the world of wooden boatbuilding where a centuries-old style is used. Author Michael Ruhlman vividly writes about the craftsmanship and mystique of wooden boats and their renaissance