On Tugboats: Stories of Work and Life Aboard
Author Virginia Thorndike has long been fascinated by  boats and their people. She's also a good listener and has a talent for encouraging people to explain and reminisce. Mostly she has written about boats: Maine Lobsterboats, Windjammer Watching on the Coast of Maine, and The Arctic Schooner Bowdoin. More recently, her subject matter has expanded to include life on the Maine islands, and the  controversial subject of Liquefied Natural Gas.