Tilting: House Launching, Slide Hauling, Potato Trenching, and Other Tales from a Newfoundland Fishing Village

by Robert Mellin

Book Overview

There is an almost elemental appeal in the rural fishing villages of Nova Scotia, Maine, and Newfoundland. Their intimate connection to nature, to the land, water, and (often harsh) weather; their... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1568983832
• ISBN13: 9781568983837
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.1" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Excellent research into a disappearing way of life.

This is an excellent study of a Newfoundland outport, a type of community that existed for 300 years, then suddenly disappeared in the 1950s under Premier Joey Smallwood's brainstorm to consolidate the out port fisheries and make them more "efficient". Fortunately, Robert Mellin an architect from Montreal, had the foresight to document this endangered way of life over a 20 year period and record his research in this excellent book. He carefully describes the traditional skills and crafts of an isolated Newfoundland fishing community for our pleasure and for posterity.

a WONDERFUL book!

A wonderful portrait of a small fishing village through examination of its buildings and - especially! - words of inhabitants. Also interesting to see how a small town deals with encroaching effects of globalization and the dramatic effects of large-scale commercial overfishing on their main livelihood - so pertinent to small villages the world over. They have explored some interesting political/economic alternatives to becoming a tourist destination, through consciousness-raising of the locals through film and cooperatives. Well-written, engrossing, intelligent and enjoyable.