Collection	Fishing and Shipping Collection
Author	Albert Cook Church
Publish date	1940
Summary	This book describes the techniques for fishing from Gloucester in the first half of the 20th century. But many of the photos and descriptions apply to fishing in the earlier days when fishing was the principle industry of Marblehead. This industry mainly ended in Marblehead with the loss of many ships and 65 men and boys in the great storm of 1846.
Object ID	2008-006-00007
Object Name	Book
Publisher	Bonanza Books, W. W. Norton & Co. Inc.
Pub Place	New York
Search Terms	American Fishermen
Subjects	Fish Fish drying Fish Flakes Fishermen Fishing Fishing boats Fishing industry Fishing nets Ships
Title	American Fishermen

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