Alone at Sea: Gloucester

by John N. Morris

Author John Morris is the grandson of a Gloucester dory fisherman who was lost at sea in the 1930s, at the very end of the great age of sail. Haunted by his grandfather's death, Morris spent more than ten years researching the lives of these hardy souls who set off from schooners in sturdy rowboats to fish the banks off the New England coast. This detailed narrative boils down to the finest, most complete chronicle of the lives of Gloucester fishermen...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0981943071
• ISBN13: 9780981943077
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Commonwealth Editions
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.4" x 10.1"