Great stories of the sea

Description

"Great Stories of the Sea brings together the best stories of coastal life. When whaling was the continent's high-tech industry, the coast was America's Silicon Valley, and before anyone heard of Yukon gold, there was the rush for fish and timber along Newfoundland's rugged shore. The seaboards are a storyteller's paradise, a hothouse of history, a sea-bound adventure. Great Stories of the Sea includes stories of the past as well as contemporary tales.

It offers portraits of seamen and their families' lives, of working people and harbor life."--BOOK JACKET.