The Lobster Gangs of Maine

by James M. Acheson

Book Overview

An anthropologist describes the working world of Maine lobstermen, focusing on the intricate personal network that sustains them.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874514371
• ISBN13: 9780874514377
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: University Press of New England
• Length: 205 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.

Customer Reviews

It's So True!

I live here in the midst of the coast of Maine, and this book is factual, absorbing, entertaining (to me, anyway), and historically significant. The world of the independent lobsterman is rapidly changing, but these guys are competent, tough, and they have their own code of discipline. If you want to understand better this unique part of America, this book is for you.