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Wooden Boats and Iron Men: History of Commercial Fishing in Northern Lake Michigan & Door County, 1850–2005

Trygvie Jensen

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Description:Wooden Boats and Iron Men will take you on a journey and history of the commercial fishing industry from 1850 up to present day. This book was written to take you back in time to see how the fisheries were an integral part of the Door County and Lake Michigan communities, and gives the reader a porthole view of a day in the life of a fisherman. It covers the history of every facet of an industry from the evolution of the boats, common types of gear used in the last one hundred fifty years, the species of fish that made up the great harvests, and the invader species that almost wiped out the industry in the mid to latter part of the twentieth century. The harrowing stories of the fishermen caught in violent storms, ice shoves, and many other stories that will give you insight to what a commercial fisherman went through to eek out a living on the Great Lakes. It will give the reader a better understanding of what sort of challenges befell commercial fishermen in the last century and a half and what a future may hold for the fisheries in the next century through many interviews and reflections by the few remaining commercial fishermen. You will see the rise and fall of a once powerful industry where Door County alone boasted over four hundred commercial fishermen around the turn of the twentieth century.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Wooden Boats and Iron Men: History of Commercial Fishing in Northern Lake Michigan & Door County, 1850–2005. To get started finding Wooden Boats and Iron Men: History of Commercial Fishing in Northern Lake Michigan & Door County, 1850–2005, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Wooden Boats and Iron Men will take you on a journey and history of the commercial fishing industry from 1850 up to present day. This book was written to take you back in time to see how the fisheries were an integral part of the Door County and Lake Michigan communities, and gives the reader a porthole view of a day in the life of a fisherman. It covers the history of every facet of an industry from the evolution of the boats, common types of gear used in the last one hundred fifty years, the species of fish that made up the great harvests, and the invader species that almost wiped out the industry in the mid to latter part of the twentieth century. The harrowing stories of the fishermen caught in violent storms, ice shoves, and many other stories that will give you insight to what a commercial fisherman went through to eek out a living on the Great Lakes. It will give the reader a better understanding of what sort of challenges befell commercial fishermen in the last century and a half and what a future may hold for the fisheries in the next century through many interviews and reflections by the few remaining commercial fishermen. You will see the rise and fall of a once powerful industry where Door County alone boasted over four hundred commercial fishermen around the turn of the twentieth century.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Wooden Boats and Iron Men: History of Commercial Fishing in Northern Lake Michigan & Door County, 1850–2005. To get started finding Wooden Boats and Iron Men: History of Commercial Fishing in Northern Lake Michigan & Door County, 1850–2005, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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