The Lobster Coast: Rebels, Rusticators, and the Struggle for a Forgotten Frontier Paperback - 2005
by Colin Woodard
In the tradition of William Warner's "Beautiful Swimmers," veteran journalist Woodard traces the history of the rugged fishing communities that dot the coast of Maine and the prized crustacean that has long provided their livelihood.
Summary
For more than four hundred years the people of coastal Maine have clung to their rocky, wind-swept lands, resisting outsiders’ attempts to control them while harvesting the astonishing bounty of the Gulf of Maine. Today’s independent, self-sufficient lobstermen belong to the communities imbued with a European sense of ties between land and people, but threatened by the forces of homogenization spreading up the eastern seaboard.
In the tradition of William Warner’s Beautiful Swimmers, veteran journalist Colin Woodard traces the history of the rugged fishing communities that dot the coast of Maine and the prized crustacean that has long provided their livelihood. Through forgotten wars and rebellions, and with a deep tradition of resistance to interference by people “from away,” Maine’s lobstermen have defended an earlier vision of America while defying the “tragedy of the commons”—the notion that people always overexploit their shared property. Instead, these icons of American individualism represent a rare example of true communal values and collaboration through grit, courage, and hard-won wisdom.
First line
In winter the Laura B., the mail boat to Monhegan Island, is usually fairly empty.
Details
- Title The Lobster Coast: Rebels, Rusticators, and the Struggle for a Forgotten Frontier
- Author Colin Woodard
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 384
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, New York
- Date 2005-04-26
- ISBN 9780143035343 / 0143035347
- Weight 0.74 lbs (0.34 kg)
- Dimensions 8.44 x 5.58 x 0.84 in (21.44 x 14.17 x 2.13 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Cultural Region: New England
- Geographic Orientation: Maine
- Library of Congress subjects Maine, Frontier and pioneer life - Maine
- Dewey Decimal Code 974.104
Media reviews
"A beautifully considered history…Woodard’s admiration for lobster culture is stirring…[Mainers’] feisty pluck remains undiminished in the face of obstacles." —Newsday
Delves deeply and reflectively into the history of the coast of Maine and its people." —The Boston Globe
"[A] well-researched and well-written cultural and ecological history of stubborn perseverance." —USA Today
"Woodard doesn’t disguise his pique. Maine is worth fighting for-as is any village with distinctly etched local character and community." —The Christian Science Monitor
"A triumph." —Bookpage
"Lively." —The Economist
"Lucid…engaging." —Publishers Weekly
"Thought-provoking…Woodard is a talented writer, a skilled journalist….lively reading for history buffs…an important book for any Maine lover’s bookshelf." —Bangor Daily News
"A feast…Woodard uses the lobster to tell the whole history of Maine." —Working Waterfront
"Highly engaging, intelligent." —Down East
Citations
- Ingram Advance, 05/01/2005, Page 104
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